FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS. 19 



observe this precaution and to have the agreement in proper written 

 form. 



Selling timber standing : Selling for a stated sum by the acre, or 

 a lump sum for the whole tract or " boundary." 



What to sell and what timber to keep growing in the woods ; what 

 timber to sell and what to use at home. Choice logs of certain woods 

 bring high prices, and can be profitably shipped long distances by 

 rail or water. 



Cooperative marketing of farm timber : Carload lots of logs, etc., 

 the least amount that can profitably be shipped. Many wood manu- 

 facturing concerns buy direct from producers in carload lots. A 



Fig. 10. — The best timber brings high, prices and can usually be shipped for veneer or 

 quarter-sawed lumber. Several owners can join in marketing a carload lot. 



farmer may not have sufficient white oak saw logs or hickory spoke 

 blocks to pay to ship. 



Practical exercises. — What timber is being sold in the district? 

 Who is buying it ? To what place is it being shipped ? What stand- 

 ing timber is sold in the district? What cooperative shipping of 

 timber do you find? Visit a wood yard and note methods of han- 

 dling the wood and get prices per cord on the different sizes of wood. 



Correlations. — xlbundant exercises in arithmetic will be suggested 

 by the prices of timber and amounts sold. If a price list of timber 

 and its products at the final market can be had, some interesting 

 problems can be worked out by comparisons with local prices. 



For a language exercise make a report on the various kinds of 

 timber marketed, prices paid, methods of transportation, and mar- 

 kets. 



