

Figure 11. — What will be made of this farmer's crop? What suggests it will not be lumber? 



made into paper (fig. 11). Finally, the material left after the better grades 

 are marketed may be sold for fuel. The use of wood for fuel is second in 

 extent only to the use of wood for construction. During depression years 

 thousands of farmers sold a cash crop of fuel wood from their woodlands 

 for the first time. 



In addition to the cash income from sale of wood the southeastern farmer 

 has the income from turpentining his trees until they are salable for more 

 profitable purposes. The New England farmer has the maple sugar crop to 

 sell while his trees are growing. Sales of railroad ties, fence posts, poles, 

 and select kinds of wood for making tool handles and water-tight barrels 

 may add to the farmer's income. 



Agricultural economists class forest products with leading farm crops of 

 the country, since they rank ninth in actual value. 



The farmer, a manufacturer of forest -products. — The farmer may find profitable 

 employment for himself, his teams, and equipment in the forest during the 

 winter or other seasons when farm work is slack. In some cases he may 

 work for wages in nearby logging camps or mills but more often he works 

 in his own woods, getting out timber for home use or for sale. 



A farmer may sell his entire wood crop on the stump. In this case others 

 do the work of cutting and working it into the product for market. The 

 farmer who selects and cuts his own trees, grades his own logs, and saws 

 them into lumber obtains the greatest cash income from his woodland be- 

 cause it provides a way to sell his labor, too. The modern trend toward 

 power farming and development of portable sawmills may increase the 

 amount of lumber and other wood products manufactured on farms . Hewed 

 ties, fence posts, poles, shooks, and bolts for making barrel staves or handles 

 may be prepared for sale by the farmer. 



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