FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS 



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edible fruits, listing the trees the same as in above chart. Any of the 

 products from root, bark, gum, etc., will also make interesting and 

 useful illustrative material. 



Topics for study — Wood, in a rough state, is the principal farm 

 timber product. What kinds of wood are used for the following 

 rough products: (1) Saw logs; (2) poles and piling; (3) fence posts; 

 (4) bolts, blocks, or billets for (a) cooperage, (b) implement handles, 

 (c) wagon and automobile spokes, (d) pulp wood; (5) crossties; and 

 (6) fuel wood. The sizes and other requirements for each of these 

 various wood products, including the species of trees which are best 

 suited and bring highest prices on the market. 



Forest trees which produce nuts of commercial value; roots, bark, 

 gum, and edible fruit. List of these products under each head and 

 what they are used for commercially. 



Fig. 7.— High-grade saw logs and rough stave boards cut from woodlands 



Lumber is manufactured from the product of the woodland saw 

 logs. (How to measure sawed lumber treated in Lesson VI.) That 

 work is ordinarily done by the sawmill man rather than by the 

 farmer. 



Practical exercises — What is the chief use of wood in the district? 

 What other forest products are made or used here? What trees 

 furnish the greater amount of wood? What kind of lumber is 

 sawed in the district? What becomes of this lumber? If there are 

 any wood product factories in the district arrange for a trip to the 

 same and study the various processes from the rough wood to the 

 finished products. What timber in the district is most valuable? 

 Why? An interesting study to make is the part forest products play 

 in the construction of machinery, transportation lines, airplanes, etc. 



Correlations. — Geography: Trace the timber products of the dis- 

 trict to their market. In a like manner locate the source of timber 

 products brought into the district and trace their probable route. 

 On a State map locate the timber areas and learn, if possible, the 



