SELLING WOODLOT PRODUCTS ON MICHIGAN FARMS. 

 TABLE 13.— PRINCIPAL BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



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APPENDIX. 



FACTS RELATING TO THE WOODLOT SITUATION IN MICHIGAN. 



The agricultural development of a heavily wooded region is a slow 

 and difficult process. The first farms in southern and central Michigan, 

 as throughout most' of the East, undoubtedly contained a great deal 

 more woodland than tilled land. As the zone of pioneering was pushed 

 farther north, more and more of the woodlot area in the longer settled 

 sections was cleared for cultivation. The progress of agriculture can 

 therefore be roughly gauged by the proportion of the total farm land 

 which is in- woods. ThiS proportion is shown for Michigan in the map of 

 "woodlot regions" (page 48). Each of these "regions" consists of coun- 

 ties having similar proportions of woodland to total farm land, accord- 

 ing to the 13th census (1910). The different regions are shown by shad- 

 ing, the heaviest shading representing that in which the farms are from 

 60 to 80 per cent wooded. Tables 14 and 15 and Diagram 1 are based 

 on these regions, so that the chief facts relating to the status of wood- 

 lots in any part of the State can be easily ascertained after locating on 

 the map the "woodlot region' in which the area falls. 



