Although the land is well adapted to agriculture, it 

 will not be possible for the owners to put all of it 

 into cultivation for a number of years. Consequently 

 it is to their advantage to devote it to growing timber 

 until such time as it is needed for raising crops. The 

 stand consists of yellow pine of a good quality and 

 contains a large number of trees just below merchant- 

 able size which will make rapid growth when the 

 old timber is removed. It is distinctly a case where 

 it will pay the farmers to grow trees. These facts 

 were explained to the members of the association and 

 they quickly saw the advantage of handling the 

 forest in the manner recommended. In order to save 

 the young growth they agreed to sacrifice 30 cents 

 per thousand on the stumpage price. 



Farmers in general who own small bodies of timber 

 will find it profitable to cooperate with their neigh- 

 bors in marketing their grown timber. In many 

 cases the individual amounts are too small, as in the 

 above instance, to make it profitable for their own- 

 ers to advertise for bids or for sawmills to come in. 

 When care >s taken in selecting and cutting timber 

 a woodlot may be made a source of income to its 

 owner for an indefinite period of years. 



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