24 BULLETIN 8 6 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Practical exercises. — The facts taught in this lesson should be 

 verified by actual observation in trips to forests. Study first hand 

 the results mentioned in the lesson. A good project would be the 

 improvement of a forest plat by proper thinning, including the 

 removal of diseased, defective, overcrowded, and dead trees, and 

 undesirable species. 



Correlations. — The class in drawing may construct the charts men- 

 tioned under " Illustrative material." They should also make draw- 

 ings of trees showing development under adverse conditions and of 

 others under proper conditions. 



Language: A survey of the general practice of home forest im- 

 provement of the district with a written report of the same will 

 afford a very good exercise in language. 



Geography : A district or county map locating the farm forest 

 areas and designating those under improvement. An outline map of 

 the State locating the farm forest areas. 



Topic IX. PRODUCTS FROM THE HOME WOODLANDS 



Aim. — To teach what products from the home forest to use for 

 home and for the market. 



Sources of information. — Farmers' Bulletins 1071, 1117, 1210, 1256, 

 1366, and 1486; leaflet' 29; Miscellaneous Publication 26; Bulletins 12, 

 605, and 753; Department Circular 327; Yearbook Separate 779. 



Illustrative material. — Prepare a wall chart showing in a tabulated 

 form the various wood products. In each product column write the 

 name of the tree or, better still, place a sample of the wood that 

 furnished that product. Prepare another chart showing in like 

 manner other timber products such as nuts, roots, bark, gum, and 

 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. 



Guides to 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) pulpwood (5) cross- 

 ties; 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. (Fig. 15.) 



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. 



Lumber is manufactured from the product of the woodland saw 

 logs. (How to measure sawed lumber treated in Topic X.) 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? 



