8 MISC. PUBLICATION 87, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
The experience of the farmer was reported by C. F. Lund, former 
county agent. 
A few years ago, according to the report, C. L. Glover, a farmer. 
was offered $40 for all his timber over 12 inches in diameter, or $1 
a thousand feet on the buyer’s estimate of 40,000 feet of timber. 
This discouragingly low offer set Mr. Glover to thinking. He later 
said to Mr. Lund, “ Rather than give my timber away, I have decided 
to work it out as needed on the place.” Soon after this incident he 
sold $300 worth of high-grade saw logs, and a little later 22 cords 
of cotton-gin wood at $2.25 a cord. In addition to this timber he 
has cut 250 cords of firewood for himself and his tenants which he 
values at $2.25 per cord. Also, in order to provide himself with 
first-grade pine lumber for barns, sheds, and tenant houses, he has 
cut 20,000 feet of saw logs worth $12 per thousand. In taking out 
these products care has been exercised to save young growing trees 
to make up the next crop of timber. 
Mr. Glover stated that his tract of 12 acres is bringing in about 
$40 a year. In going over his woodland Mr. Glover counted 15 
virgin pine trees which he called his “ board ” trees, as he intends to 
use them as needed for lumber. Under the direction of the county 
agent, Mr. Glover is managing his woods according to the best farm- 
woodland practices. In commenting on his new timber work Mr. 
Glover said: 
Our timber has been one of the most neglected crops, and yet if it is given 
proper attention it is one that will pay best. If we expect to realize profits 
from our timber, we need much more system in this line of farming. 
FORMER GULLIED FIELD NOW VALUABLE TIMBERLAND 
Jacob Tickle, a farmer living near Elon College, Alamance County, 
N. C., is now harvesting lumber and other timber products from 
trees which he planted with his own hands in a worn-out and gullied 
field. Mr. Tickle believes in improving rather than wearing out his 
property. He said: 
A little more than 40 years ago I settled on this place to make a living for 
myself and family. The farm had been abused and was badly washed and 
gullied. One field of 14 acres was in such bad condition that it was impossible 
for me to use it in planting. It was so poor that the former owner asked the 
tax assessor to relieve him of that part of his farm because it would not sell 
for the amount of the annual tax. 
I decided to reclaim this field with pines. At that time there were few pines 
growing in this section of Alamance County, so I went into another community 
and dug a quantity of pine seedlings to plant in this field. Some of the seedlings 
I planted around among the gullies. On about half the area I planted the trees 
in rows, somewhat like an orchard is set, with the pines about 28 to 30 feet 
apart. I started this planting in 1887 and added a little each winter until the 
whole 14 acres were well covered. After these scattered plantings grew large 
enough to make seed, the whole field was soon seeded to a thick stand. To-day 
this field of waste land is as valuable, acre for acre, as any field on my farm. 
Mr. Tickle stated that folks would hardly believe him when he 
told them in 1918, at which time his trees were but 30 years old, 
that he had cut enough lumber from the field to erect several neces- 
sary buildings on his farm and furnish all his fuel wood. 
