Value to a Farm of a Woodlot. 



(Will. F. I'aviio, III Farm ami h.urv 



Tlio \alui' of any farm is ;^roatly in- 

 creased hy liaviiiy; a wixxllot lar;,'o onoii;;!! 

 til fiiniisli a |>('rmam'iit supiily of fiit-l ami 

 timlior lor use on the farm. About 'J") 

 per cent of the farm in timber wouM 

 furnish sinMi a supjily and when the tim 

 IxT is maturcil tlicro would be (|uite a sur- 

 jdus to dispose of and contribute to the 

 revenue of the farm. Jn the ease of mnjde 

 busli tiie su^jar and syrup that may bo 

 manufaitured from it adds still more to 

 the revenue. On our own woodlot, which 

 contains about li'i acres on a farm of about 

 (>.■) acres, we have a constant supjdy of 

 lirewood and also jdenty of timber for 

 buildin<; jiuriioses, and some to sell be- 

 siiles, each year; and by jirotectin;^ the 

 youn^i f^rowth and weeding; out the crook- 

 ed and leaiiin'i and mature and dead trees, 

 the (|uality of the timber will f,'radually 

 improve so lonj^ as one sells only what he 

 doesn't need for his own use. 



The varieties of trees represented natur- 

 ally in my woodlot are: Cedar, hemlock, 

 s|iruce, [line, basswood, soft majile, su;;ar 

 in winter from blowin;; oil" the fall wheat 

 maple, beech, ironwood, black liinh, wliit.- 



bireli, black ftNh, whit' 

 sam, yrey elm and An 



The (growth of timber annuallv i- 



siderable; the lar;;cr ' ,i 



makes tiinlx-r till it i .> 

 the wastefulneHN of tliinnin;,' out 



iinjfs from anions the lar;;er tt r.- 



than is necessary for firewiiiid ,r- 



ent, since a tree -, ,, 



thirds (if an inch ' m 

 etor in one seaHon. 



Then the woodlot is further uneful in 

 that it adds humidity to the air. A triH* 

 in hot weather fjivcs off a lartre amount 

 of moisture tlirou;:li its I -it 



life in the fields will thi a 



moist atmosphere. Where there is ■ 

 shelter belt of timber it prevents the noil 

 from dryinj^ out as rnpiiilv in «lry weath- 

 er, as the j;re;iter the \el. •' th«' winti 

 in passin;^ over a fiehl tli "T it will 

 dry out, and so hinder the (growth of the 

 crops. It also helps to prevent the nnow 

 and clover fiehls and so nfTordit them bet- 

 ter pr«)tectioii. !n cold weather it f>re 

 \eMt< SI. LTcit .•( liiss iif licat from flu. 



|C«artM)r "Fw 



In Mr Payne • Woodlot. 

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