18 DEPARTMENT BULLETIN 863, U. S. DEFT. OF AGRICULTURE. 



Practical exercises. This lesson should be essentially one of prac- 

 tice. The class should measure logs according to the Doyle rule, 

 standing trees by the use of volume tables for trees, and cordwood 

 by dimensions of the piles. A good exercise for the more advanced 

 students is to make estimates on logs and standing trees and then 

 by applying the Doyle rule or the volume table test the accuracy 

 of the estimates. The practical value of this lesson is in acquaint- 

 ing the pupils with com- 

 paratively easy ways by 

 which they can measure 

 logs and cordwood and 

 estimate the amount of 

 lumber or cordwood in trees. 

 Correlations. The op- 

 erations mentioned in the 

 practical exercises will af- 

 ford abundant work in cal- 

 culations and suggest a 

 varied list of arithmetic 

 problems. 



Lesson VII. MARKETING 

 FARM TIMBER. 



Problem. How shall 

 the farm timber be mar- 

 keted to the best advantage. 

 Sources of informa- 

 tion. Farmers' Bulletins 

 715 and 1100; bulletins of 

 the State colleges of agri- 

 culture and State foresters. 

 Illustrative material. 

 Timber price lists. Ad- 

 dresses of firms dealing in timber. Local prices for cordwood, posts, 

 crossties, and piling. 



Topics for study. Finding the best markets : Before timber is cut 

 its approximate size and amount by species, and its disposal should 

 be determined as definitely as possible. How to find buyers of cut- 

 timber products. How are logs, bolts or billets, piling, posts, cross- 

 ties, and firewood generally sold? Advertising in the newspapers, 

 consulting neighbors who have recently sold timber, consulting State 

 foresters and reliable experienced men. 



The owner protecting himself by a simple form of written con- 

 tract: Much loss comes to sellers of timber products by failure to 



FIG. U. Measuring and estimating the saw timber 

 in a stand of shortleaf pine. 



