FORESTRY FOR 4-H CLUBS 



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Trees about the farm and farmstead for shade, nut production, and ornamental 

 purposes. 



Practical things to do. — Visit if possible a nearby section where forest trees are 

 being planted. Talk with local farmers or foresters about the best methods to use 

 in caring for young forests. Study the habits of growth of young trees of the 

 community (fig. 12 A and B). Make a list of the kinds of forest trees observed 

 on the field trip, and classify the trees in order of their commercial importance. 

 Learn to identify different local trees. 



Improving Woodlands by Cutting Trees 



Aim. — To find out how to improve woodlands by cutting. 



Sources of information. — Farmers' Bulletins 1177, 1256, 1486, 1517, and 1671; 

 Leaflets 29, 30, 55, and 153; State foresters' publications. 



Illustrative material. — Charts or illustrations showing results of overcrowding 

 and of proper thinning of forest trees. Pictures showing results of careless felling 

 of trees. If possible, visit a forest where these results can be actually shown bv 







Figure 13. — Improving growth and value of young forests: 4-H Club boys thinning out the defective 

 or crooked trees in an improvement cutting. (Florida.) 



observing rings on stumps or cutting into trees that have been thinned several 

 years previously. In an even-aged group, note different sizes of trees of the same 

 age as a result of differences in growing space. 



Guides to study. — How to cut the individual tree properly; why as little as 

 possible of the tree's stump should be left in the woods; careful felling of trees. 

 What is likely to happen to trees injured by falling of others. 



