PROFITS FROM FARM WOODS 3 
It should be noted that by doing his own selecting and cutting of 
trees Mr. Hatley was able to remove as his crop the crippled and 
stunted trees, leaving a fine stand of 320 trees including the best- 
formed and thriftiest trees on the land. These trees, shown in Fig- 
ure 1, will make him a crop of high-grade and valuable timber, worth 
much more than the crop which he cut and profitably sold. 
FARMER GROWS A TIMBER CROP—IT PAYS 
Phillip Nabholz, a farmer living near Conway, in central Arkan- 
sas, furnishes an example of good management of his woods. An 
improvement cutting, made progressively each year on about 10 
acres of his young hardwood timber, has provided him an annual 
income, averaging about $130. “ My timber,” Mr. Nabholz stated, 
““furnishes me a winter cash crop.” He and his boys get out their 
FIGuRE 1.—A money return of $52 an acre was received from the trees cut in 
improving this stand. This consisted in the stumpage value of the trees plus 
the owner’s labor in harvesting them. The largest and best trees—820 on an 
acre—have been left for another and more valuable crop 
cordwood in the winter months when they are not busy with field 
crops. The wood is mostly sold in Conway, county seat of Faulkner 
County, to residents and bakeries. A portion of the wood is sold to 
a local gin in exchange for ginning the Nabholz cotton crop. 
Mr. Nabholz learned the principles of timber growing at a very 
early age when he was on his father’s farm in Switzerland. He 
states that his father taught him the value of trees for conserving 
the soil, holding back landslides, and obtaining ready money by pro- 
viding the townfolks with winter wood. While in the woods his 
father would explain why he cut this tree or left that one to grow. 
This early woods training Mr. Nabholz is putting into practice in a 
successful manner on his 160-acre farm near Conway. 
His 80 acres of timberland had little value when he bought the 
place 17 years ago. The tree growth it had then was called a 
“scrub” growth as it had been repeatedly burned. Realizing that 
fire prevention was of first importance, he started protecting his 
woods. In a few years young hardwood timber of promising value 
