8 N. H. Agr. Experiment Station [Bulletin 318 



Because of the limited opportunities for securing satisfactory returns 

 from other farm products, the income from the farm woodlot assumes 

 great importance. A considerable part of the land is in timber and n 

 considerable part of the farmer's labor is free to be spent in the woods. 



Market Outlets 



Various surveys provide the basis for a description of the major wood- 

 using industries drawing upon the area. These may be grouped accord- 

 ing to those located within the area and those situated outside its bound- 

 aries. The rapidity with which portable mills can be shifted from place 

 to place tends to render any estimates of their demands untrustworthy. 

 This must be taken into consideration in interpreting the following par- 

 agraphs. 



The most recent survey^ lists stationary and portable sawmills pro- 

 ducing box boards and higher grade lumber as the most important wood- 

 using industr^', with pine, spruce, and hemlock as the species most in 

 demand. 



In addition to these, there are within the area a number of outlets for 

 certain species for specialized uses such as furniture, turnings, screens, 

 blinds, and cabinet w^ork. Paper and yellow birch, sugar maj^le. white 

 ash, and white pine are in demand for these markets. 



Many of the makers of specialty products do not buy directly from 

 woodland owners but purchase their raw materials in a semi-manufac- 

 tured state. In estimating total outlets for forest products in the area, 

 this must be kept in mind to avoid the error of double counting. 



Another group of industries which customarily purchases a part of its 

 supply of raw material within the area is located outside its boundaries. 

 These industries are engaged in the manufacture of paper, excelsior, 

 wood heels, shoe pegs, poles, posts, ties, piling, and various novelties. 

 These markets offer outlets for a range of species and grades varying all 

 the way from high quality paper birch for shoe pegs to aspen and low 

 grade pine for excelsior. 



Production 



Before any of the objectives of this study, such as thai of determining 

 means of increasing the efficiency of marketing the products from farm 

 woodlands, can be carried out, it is necessary to have some infomiation 

 on the amount of timber available in the area studied and production on 

 a sustained yield basis. 



Merchantable Timber by Species and Types 



Because of the many specialized outlets, it seemed advisable to at- 

 tempt to estimate not only the merchantable pine, spruce, hemlock, and 

 hardwood, but to subdivide the hardwoods into paper birch, sugar maple, 

 white ash, and other specialty products. Cord wood was of minor im- 

 portance because of the limited outlets and tremendous quantity avail- 

 able. Where estimates were to be had they were taken, but no attcmjit 

 at a complete survey of cordwood was made. Pulpwood being of greater 

 potential interest as a merchantable product was estimated in more de- 

 tail, but in this case, too, data arc far from complete and serve largely 

 to indicate the existence of commercial quantities of this product. 



'Hopkins, G. M., opus ctt. 



