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later to find out which of them are the best producers of 
fuels, posts and timbers, and which are the ‘‘weed species.” 
Study 10. An Examination of the Farm Wood-Lot 
This study presupposes sufficient acquaintance with the 
superficial characters of trees, so that the principal kinds 
may readily be recognized. A small piece of woodland not 
more than a few acres in extent, with both forest cover and 
brushwood undergrowth remaining, should be mapped out 
and the map subdivided into a number of plots. The 
boundaries of the lot andof its subdivisions should be plainly 
marked out. The accompanying diagram indicates such 
preparation for a wood-lot study made on the Cornell Univer- 
sity farm. There, the boundaries of the plots were made 
plain by white twine strung across the area at shoulder height. 
The tools needed will be a lens and a pocketknife. 
The program of this study will consist in a slow trip over 
the wood-lot, and a careful examination of its population of 
woody plants: 
1. Tosee what they are. 
2. Tosee their relative abundance. (and) 
3. Tosee what relations they bear to one another in the 
adjustment of the place. 
The record of this study will consist in: 
1. Anannotated list of all the woody plants present, with 
notes on their size, relative abundance, and manner and place 
of growth. 
2. Indications on the map of the dominant kinds of trees 
and shrubs in each plat. 
3. A diagram of a vertical section of the forest cover (in 
some place to be designated by the instructor) showing a few 
characteristic plants of the several foliage strata present. 
