Introduction. 
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In making a study of the farm woodlots of Tompkins 
domty, the object has been to treat the subject from 
the standpoint of farm management, in so far as the 
woodlot is related to the farm, rather than from the 
forestal or botanical point of view. For want of time 
and means, the ecological and adeptic factors that in- 
fluence forest growth, are not considered to any great 
extent, except as they are noticeably in evidence and 
have a bearing on the care of the woodlot or on the 
question of tree planting. 
At the present time Tompkins County has woodlots, 
not forests. The care of these woodlots should be 
closely related to farm management. Their future 
worth to the farm depends upon the care that they now 
receive. 
The following discussion has to do with early 
history of the forests, the present condition of the 
woodlots, and a few suggestions ss to what may be done 
in order to improve their condition in the future. 
Aclnowledgment is due Professor G.F. Warren for 
helpful suggestions ; Mr. Walter Havens of Lansing, 
