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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 481 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



May 11, 1917 



THE STATUS AND VALUE OF FARM WOODLOTS 

 IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES 



By 



E. H, FROTHINGHAM, Forest Examiner 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Woodlots of the Eastern States .... 1 

 How the Growth of Farming has Affected 



the Woodlot 3 



Thirty Years' Change in Woodlot 



Area 11 



Increase in Value of Woodlot Prod- 

 ucts ..... 23 



Amount and Quality of Woodlot Timber . 23 



What the Woodlot Promises for the 



Future 25 



Woodlots and Community Forests . 27 



Woodlots and Public Forests ... 28 



The Woodlot as a Farm Resource . . .29 



Home Supply 34 



Protection 37 



As a Poor-land Crop 39 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



