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following examples are given to show how careless and 
ignorant farmers are of the value of their woodlots. 
These examples are not exceptional in any way, in fact, 
such bargains are of common occurrence in Tompkins County. 
Example I. 
A farm of 122 acres, 80 acres of which was woodland, 
consisting of mixed hard and soft wood timber as : oak, 
basswood, hemlock, maple, cherry, beech, ash, birch, elm, 
etc. was sold. 
Price paid for farm --------+«-----<---------- $1,750.08 
Proceeds from lumber sales : 
500,000 ft. mixed lumber at $20.00 per M. 10,000.8Q 
500 ods. slab wood at 50 g ---~-- onnn- 250 .8Q 
Resold farm with top wood -<«----=8<~-----= 700.00 
TOTAL SALES -----..--~---- -- $10,950.00 
Cost of marketing -----<----e ree ee ene ee 4,260.00 
NET SALES ---. --- eemeeccene $ 6,700.00 
Original cost of purchase --~-------- core 1,750.00 
PROFIT -~---~~----~-------- $ 4,950.00 
