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not yet been proven that the catalpa will be generally hardy 
in this county. 
No other plantations are know of in the county. There 
are a few groves of self-sown locusts in various parts of 
the county, that are making a vigorous growth and are being 
cared for in a crude way. Some of them furnish an excel= 
lent supply of post material at 15 years' growth. 
The Care of the Woodlot. 
The farm woodlots of Tompkins County are in urgent 
need of attention. The woodlot, unlike a forest tract, 
is just as much a part of the farm as the orchard is, and 
it should be replanted and cared for with just as much 
interest. It may be some years yet before the average 
farmer will become awakened to the need of protecting his 
supply of firewood and timber. They must be shown that 
it will be worth their while to care for the woodlots, 
and it would seem to be the duty of the state to give 
instruction and to provide necessary experimental plots 
where examples in practical farm forestry could be ob= 
served. 
In view of the fact that the prices of lumber are 
gradually advancing, the source of supply constantly 
becoming less, the future timber crop must necessarily be 
more valuable than the present. Hence the practice of 
planting trees and caring for the young woodlots, with the 
