UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 863 



Contribution from the States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



September 30, 1920 



FORESTRY LESSONS ON 

 HOME WOODLANDS 



By 



WILBUR R. MATTOON 



Extension Specialist in Forestry, Forest Service 

 and 



ALVIN DILLE 



Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations Service 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Sources of Information 2 



The Survey . . • 2 



Illustrative Material 3 



The Home Project 3 



Lesson I. Forest Trees and Forest Types 4 

 II. Location and Extent of Wood- 

 lands 9 



HI. Economic Value of the Forest 10 

 IV. Products From the Home 



Forest 13 



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Lesson V. Using Farm Timber .... 15 

 VI. Measuring and Estimating 



Timber 17 



Vn. Marketing Farm Timber . . 18 



VIH. Protecting the Woods ... 20 

 IX. Improving the Home Forest by 



Cutting 23 



X. Growth of Trees and Forests . 25 

 XI. Forest Reproduction ... .26 

 XH. Woodlands and Farm Manage- 

 ment 32 



Supplement 34 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1920 



