With reference to the above table, it should be 
understood that these averages are for the number of 
farms reported. In certain townships there were 
tracts of woodland, the owners and acreage of which 
could not be ascertained at the time. It is quite 
probable that the total woodlot acreage for the county 
is somewhat greater than the above table shows, however, 
the average size of the woodlots per farm, in each towne 
ship and in the whole county is the important point, and 
it will be from this figure (13.73 acres), that further 
deductions will be dram with reference to the question 
as to whether or not the woodlots of Tompkins Coumty 
are increasing faster than they are being used up. 
(See later Rate of Increase Growth of Woodlots of 
Tompkins County. ) 
Present Methods of Care. 
In making a study of the conditions of the farm 
woodlots in Tompkins County, perhaps the most striking 
factor is the sameness of the conditions in the several 
townships, especially as regards their care. With but 
few exceptions, the farm woodlots are valued only for 
what they will produce in fire-wood, or as a source from 
which a small bill of lumber or fence posts may be cut 
when needed. If the woodlot provides present gratifi-~ 
cations in this respect, it is given no further thought. 
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