SELLING WOODLOT PKODUCTS ON MICHIGAN FAEMS 



CONTENTS 



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Purpose of the bulletin '7 



The woodlot situation in Michigan 7 



The common woodlot trees 8 



Marketing woodlot products 8 



Sizing up the woodlot , 9 



Choosing the market 16 



Lumber 17 



Sawlogs 18 



Veneer 19 



Handles 20 



Vehiclej and vehicle parts 21 



Cooperage 22 



Railroad ties 23 



Poles and posts 24 



Small rough products 25 



Wood for pulp T 26 



Excelsior , 26 



"Wood lor distillation 27 



Firewood 27 



Conducting the sale 28 



Contracting for the sale .^ 30 



: dealing the logs .' 31 



"Scaling out" defects 33 



Jhipping by railroad .' 33 



!How to prevent the deterioration of cut woodlot products . . '. 38 



f Tie of the principal uses of the common woodlot trees 39 



(_ .I'ectory of Michigan firms which buy wood products "in the rough" 40 



Appendix 47 



