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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 863 



Washington, D. C. 



Issued September 30, 1920 

 Revised February 13, 1925 



FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS 



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WILBUR R. MATTOON, Extension Forester, Forest Service 



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ALYIN DILLE, Formerly Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations Service 



Rev.ed. 

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CONTENTS 



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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 Woodlands 9 



III. Economic Value of the Forest- 9 



IV. Products From the Home Forest . . J . . . . . . . .12 



V. Using Farm Timber 14 



VI. Measuring and Estimating Timber 15 



VII. Marketing Farm Timber 17 



VIII. Protecting the Woods 18 



IX. Improving the Home Forest by Cutting 21 



X. Growth of Trees and Forests 23 



.XI. Forest Reproduction 25 



XII. Woodlands and Farm Management 28 



Supplement 31 



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