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same questions will be obtained from 50 to 75 farmers in 

 each selected locality and the results tabulated. 



While it is perhaps not necessary here to give each ques- 

 tion, they cover the following points: size and value of farm, 

 distance to market, description of soils and topography of 

 farm and woodland, different kinds, size and age, density of 

 stocking, and an estimate of its value, also an estimate of the 

 value of the woodlot for windbreak and shade purposes. Ques- 

 tions are asked on the pasture value of the woodlot, how many 

 mature animals it will support through the pasture season and 

 the proportion this amount is of those pastured on the en- 

 tire farm. Another point to complete the survey of the wood- 

 lot value is the amount of land in it which can be cleared and 

 make good farm land. 



A classification of land on the farm is made as to acreage 

 and value : plowland, permanent meadow, permanent meadow 

 not in pasture, woodland pastured, woodland not pastured, 

 and waste land. 



In addition to the indirect advantages and values enumer- 

 ated, a careful canvass is made of the average quantity and 

 value of the woodlot products used and sold annually, such 

 as firewood, fenceposts, poles, railroad ties, lumber, maple 

 sugar products, etc. 



In a line of inquiry to develop the advantage of the wood- 

 lot in furnishing labor to the farm at slack times, informa- 

 tion is requested as to the number of days work obtained an- 

 nually in harvesting and marketing woodlot products for 

 man and team, the season at which the work is done, the kinds 

 of winter work available on the farm and whether they serve 

 to keep the farm force occupied through the winter. 



Information in regard to the amount and character of the 

 annual expense in keeping up the woodlot is asked. This in- 

 cludes usually taxes, fences, supervision, etc. 



Three questions are asked which are designed to bring out 

 the permanency of the woodlot ; the number of acres of wood- 

 lot actually needed to supply the needs of the farm for wood- 

 lot products, whether the present woodland is preferred left 

 in woods or cleared and used for other purposes, as for pasture 

 if not suitable for cultivation, and how many acres now clear 



