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later to find out which of them are the best producers of 

 fuels, posts and timbers, and which are the "weed species." 



Study 10. An Examination of the Farm Wood-Lot 



This study presupposes sufficient acquaintance with the 

 superficial characters of trees, so that the principal kinds 

 may readily be recognized. A small piece of woodland not 

 more than a few acres in extent, with both forest cover and 

 brushwood undergrowth remaining, should be mapped out 

 and the map subdivided into a number of plots. The 

 boundaries of the lot and of its subdivisions should be plainly 

 marked out. The accompanying diagram indicates such 

 preparation for a wood-lot study made on the Cornell Univer- 

 sity farm. There, the boundaries of the plots were made 

 plain b}^ white twine strung across the area at shoulder height. 

 The tools needed will be a lens and a pocketknife. 



The program of this study will consist in a slow trip over 

 the wood-lot, and a careful examination of its population of 

 woody plants : 



1 . To see what they are. 



2. To see their relative abundance, (and) 



3 . To see what relations they bear to one another in the 

 adjustment of the place. 



The record of this study will consist in : 



1 . An annotated list of all the woody plants present, ^vith 

 notes on their size, relative abundance, and manner and place 

 of growth. 



2 . Indications on the map of the dominant kinds of trees 

 and shrubs in each plat. 



3. A diagram of a vertical section of the forest cover (in 

 some place to be designated by the instructor) showing a few 

 characteristic plants of the several foliage strata present. 



