at good prices at the packing-house centers, where it is used 

 in smoking cured meats. 



There are no reliable figures available that show the amount 

 or the value of the woodlot products required annually, but 

 the sum total for such a state as Kansas is immense. To 

 understand fully the economic importance of the woodlot w* 

 must remember that the United States, as a nation, is cutting 

 her timber supply at three times the rate of the growth of the 

 timber in her forests, and that lumber prices are constantly 

 and gradually advancing. This advance in price is bound to 

 continue until the price of lumber equals the price of stone, 



FIG. 159. Sawing lumber from a Shawnee county, Kansas, woodlot. 



brick, tile, and cement as building materials. These materials, 

 and especially lumber, are bulky commodities, and the trans- 

 portation rates greatly increase the cost to the consumer. All 

 of these conditions increase the value of the products of the 

 farm woodlot. 



The term "woodlot" as used in this article includes all land 

 within the state on which natural or planted timber is grow- 

 ing. There are approximately five hundred thousand acres of 

 natural timber land within the state. This land is at present 

 considered waste land by most of the owners, for the reason 

 that the returns from it do not pay the taxes and a reasonable 

 interest on the investment. The present stand of timber on 



