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forest fires, and 42 States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii are growing and 
distributing planting stock, with the cooperation of the Federal Gov- 
ernment, for the purpose of establishing field windbreaks, shelterbelts, 
and farm woodlands on denuded or nonforested lands. 
FARM FORESTRY 
About one-third of the forest land in the United States is in farm 
woodlands. These are mostly small and frequently isolated, and 95 
percent of them he east of the Great Plains. Because they comprise 
some of the best forest lands, their productive possibilities probably 
average as high as those of any class of timberland in the country. 
Properly handled, a farm woodland is in most cases a valuable asset 
to its owner. Besides the salable products it may produce, such as 
sawlogs, piling, pulpwood, posts, and cross ties, it will provide its 
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FIGURE 18.—Farm woodlands. 
A, A South Dakota prairie farmstead protected from the prevailing high winds of 
that region by a windbreak of planted trees; B, 50-year-old white oak timber in 
an Ohio woodland. 
owner with wood for fuel, fencing, and the many other needs of the 
farm. This means a saving in the outlay of money for the upkeep of 
the place, as well as a tangible income such as may be derived from 
any other farm crop. The woods may also utilize and make produc- 
tive parts of the farm not suitable for other crops, that is, the rough, 
_ steep, rocky, and worn-out lands (fig. 18). And the harvesting of the 
farm timber crop is usually done in the winter, when the regular work 
of the farmer is slack. 
It is estimated that one-third of the cut of timber of all kinds comes 
from farms. According to late statistics, farm forest products rank 
ninth among a total of 50 different crops in the amount of cash income 
they produce. The gross value of farm timber products, both used 
on the farm and sold, amounted to some $200,000,000 to $3800,000,000 
a year before the war. 
