MORE DOLLARS BY LOGGING YOUR OWN TIMBER 



A farmer would not think of selling potatoes in the ground or cotton on 

 the stalk. This should also apply to forest farming. Unfortunately, a 

 large percent of farm timber is sold as stumpage, or standing in the woods. 

 The owner will profit by cutting and selling his timber as products. For 

 many years sawlog stumpage brought only about one-third of the value of 

 the delivered product. In some localities, however, pine stumpage value 

 has increased to about 54 percent of the price of delivered sawlogs. Many 

 farmers have time during the winter months and many have the equipment 

 to do small logging jobs. Besides gaining a larger return, logging by the 

 owner greatly benefits the forest because he is more careful in selecting and 

 cutting his trees and in leaving the stand in condition to produce other crops 

 of timber. 



It is not good business to cut over the whole area of woods at one time. 

 For example, a reasonable plan for managing a woodland of 60 acres would 

 call for cutting 6 acres during 1 year. This could be done easily enough by 

 the owner with labor and teams. At this rate, cuts could be made each year 

 for 10 years, until the entire woods has been worked over. After that, 

 cutting would begin again on the first 6 acres. Good trees would always 

 be left growing on every area. Overcrowding and slowing down the growth 

 is avoided by cutting each area at frequent intervals. This will keep timber 

 yields high. 



If a farmer does not have a heavy truck for hauling logs, he can do the 

 felling and contract the job of hauling. In many cases the annual cut may 

 be planned to thin and improve the farm woods, taking out trees of pulp- 

 wood size. Most farmers are equipped to get out pulpwood and other 

 small forest products. Probably more and more farmers will cut their own 

 products as they become interested in growing timber as a crop. 



Remember that under favorable conditions your income from the farm 

 woods can be greatly increased by using your own labor and equipment in 

 harvesting timber products. 



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SELLING STUMPAGE LOGGING OWN CROP 



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