THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



each, and a supply for home consumption 

 which lasted into the third year. 



The orchard lot was not attacked until a 

 year later. Brush and weeds had gained a 

 strong footing, so we turned in the goats; 

 then thinned out the sprouts sufficiently to 

 allow the young trees to develop. The cut- 

 ting realized twenty loads of stove-wood, 

 which sold at two dollars per load. The farm 

 staff did much of the work. We had the saw 

 outfit, so there is the usual difficulty about 

 estimating the actual cost of work, except ex- 

 tra labor, specially employed, which was two 

 men for thirty days, at a dollar and a half a 

 day each, during the first year; one man in 

 the orchard lot for five days the second year. 

 As the work was done to improve the future 

 value of the woods, and not for immediate 

 profit, we were more than satisfied with the 

 results. 



THE WORK OF IMPROVING 



Before attempting any active work, the con- 

 ditions peculiar to woodland growth should 



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