FORESTRY LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS 



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Improve the woods by proper cutting, taking out (1) the mature, 

 (2) broken, crooked, diseased trees, and (3) the slow-growing and 

 less-valuable species of trees. (Fig. 14.) Most woodlands have 



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Figure 14. — The growth and value of timber stands are increased 

 by repeated thinning. The trees removed can generally be used 

 or sold profitably for firewood, treated fence posts, or small tim- 

 ber : A, Before thinning pines. Fifteen overcrowded trees. B, 

 Trees to be cut in thinning a stand of northern hardwoods 

 (shaded trees to be cut) 



many such trees crowding out young, promising trees of the better 

 kinds. Making woodlands yield a profit on the investment, increas- 

 ing farm income and the selling value of the farm. 



