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"hands" and teams pay for themselves, and are not 

 idle. 



In estimating the value of a forest crop on a farm, 

 no consideration has been given in this article to the ac- 

 tual mechanical details of establishing the forest or 

 "woodlot. The main purpose has been to call atten- 

 tion to the manner in which the production of a forest 

 crop and agricultural crop may be made to go hand in 

 hand, and each made to benefit from the other. The es- 

 tablishment of a woodlot or tree growth is not a diffi- 

 cult matter with the exercise of a reasonable amount 

 of care in the planting. To make it an economical pro- 

 position, trees of small size, either seedlings or once 

 transplanted material, should be used. If possible, the' 

 ground should be plowed before the tree growth is es- 

 tablished, and the subsequent care and cultivation will 

 amount to very little. To obtain the best results, thin- 

 nings should be made from time to time of the backward 

 individuals, and all the ground within the area devoted 

 to the woodlot should be utilized for the production of 

 trees. The selection of the species will depend a great 

 deal on the individual, and on the section of the State in 

 which he is situated, and can best be taken up for the in- 

 dividual problem. 



There are some certain phases of the forest indus- 

 try which lend themselves very readily to the farm, such 

 as the cultivation of willow for use in connection with the 

 baskets and wUlow ware industry. This is a very profit- 

 able business at the present time in the United States, be- 

 cause of the fact that a large amount of the supply here- 

 tofore obtained for the manufacture of baskets and 

 furniture has come from Europe, and that supply has 

 been in a large measure cut off. The popularity of wil- 

 low'for making furniture, especially porch furniture, has 

 increased enormously in recent years on account of the 

 lightness and durability of the product. The devotion 

 of a few acres to willow culture will, undoubtedly, pay 

 any farmer who is sufficiently interested to undertake the 

 work, and as is the case with the production of forest 

 crops on the farm as a whole, the time and labor de- 

 votedto the raising of willow can be arranged for at a 



