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The Farm Woodlot 



The oaks. Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 



The oaks are among the most common of the woodland 

 trees. They very naturally fall into two distinct groups, 



Fig. 13. — White oak (Quercus alba). 



the white oaks and the black oaks. As a rule, the white 

 oaks have finer grained, tougher and stronger wood than 



