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total woodland acreage. Study the places where trees are growing and list such 

 locations. List the kinds of trees commonly growing in each of these localities. 

 Note farms that could profitably plant forest trees, and the kinds of trees that 

 should be planted. 



Draw a map of a farm or of the school district, locating the poor soils, steep 

 slopes, eroding soils, rocky land, wet land, unused corners or wasteland, and mark 

 on this map the names of the trees that grow on these places or that could be 

 profitably grown thereon (fig. 19). 



Write a report showing the advantages of using the poor soils and wastelands for 

 tree planting, giving examples trom the farms of the district if possible. 



Products From the Home Woodlands 



Aim. — To learn what products from the home forest to use for home and for the 

 market. 



Sources of information .— -Farmers' Bulletins 1210, 1256, 1366, 1392, 1486, 7 664, 

 1756, and 1759; Leaflets 29 and 153; Miscellaneous Publications 106, 162, and 247. 



Illustrative material. — Prepare a wall chart showing in tabulated form the vari- 

 ous wood products. In each product column write the name of the tree or, better 

 still, place a sample of the wood that furnished that product. Prepare another 

 chart showing in like manner other forest products such as nuts, roots, bark, gum, 

 and edible fruits, listing the trees from which the products are obtained. Any of 

 the products from root, bark, gum, etc., will also make interesting and useful 

 illustrative material. 



Guides to study. — Wood, in a rough state, is the principal farm-timber product. 

 What kinds of wood are used for the following rough products: (1) Sawlogs; (2) 

 poles and piling; (3) fence posts; (4) bolts, blocks, or billets for {a) cooperage, (b) 

 implement handles, (c) wagon and automobile spokes, (d) pulpwood; (5) cross ties; 

 and (6) fuel wood ? The sizes and other requirements for each of these various wood 

 products, including the species which are best suited for them and bring highest 

 prices on the market (fig. 20). 



Forest trees which produce nuts of commercial value, roots, bark, sugar, edible 

 fruit, and crude turpentine. 



Lumber is manufactured from the woodland sawlogs. (How to measure 

 sawed lumber is treated in the section on Measuring and Estimating Timber.) 

 That work is ordinarilv done by the sawmill man rather than by the farmer. 



Practical things to do. — Make a study to determine the chief use of wood in 

 the district. What other forest products are made or used here? What trees 



Help Prevent Woods Fires 



BE SURE your match is out before throwing it away. 

 DON'T throw away burning tobacco. 

 CHOOSE a safe place and make your campfire small. 

 PUT OUT your fire with water and then cover it with mineral earth. 

 DON'T make large brush heaps. Choose a still day for burning and plow furrows 

 to protect nearby woods. 



Be Careful With Fire 



