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REGIONAL PROJECTS 
The Marketing of Farm Woodland Products in the North 
Central Region. The purpose of this project is to discover 
new or more profitable markets and uses for all the material 
now being produced in farm woodlands as a means of increasing 
farm income and encouraging better woodland management and 
utilization. 
The specific objectives will be to determine the potentiali- 
ties of several market outlets as follows: (1) The Marketing 
and Processing of Hardwood Paneling; (2) Farm Construction as 
a Market for Native Timber; (3) Marketing Practices and Price 
Formation in North Central Farm Woodland Forest Products Sales; 
and, (4) The Market for Farm-Produced Wood Chips for Livestock 
Bedding. 
elales I-B, Minn. I-A and C, Mo. I-C 
Marketing Christmas Trees and Greens in the North Central 
Regione To determine (1) the volume, by species and source, 
of Christmas trees and greens marketed in the North Central 
Region; (2) outlets used by local growers, including prices 
received compared to prices received for trees imported into 
the region; (3) reaction of dealers to locally grown planta- 
tion trees compared to imported trees; (4) consumer preference 
as to size, species, and other characteristics, and the region- 
ality of such consumer preference; (5) the approximate number 
of Christmas trees now growing; and (6) the present method of 
sales—-wholesale and retail-—-including sources, transportation 
methods, contracts, markups, and surpluses. 
Ind. I-B, Mo. I-C, Nebr. I-A, Ohio I-C 
Marketing Forest Products. To determine (1) and describe 
present marketing agencies, practices, and facilities in the 
region, including particularly a treatment of the pricing 
process at the farm level; (2) the adequacy of marketing 
facilities from the standpoint of forest resources, and their 
effectiveness in channeling products to their most practicable 
use; and (3) the adequacy of available forest marketing stat- 
istics add services both public and private. 
Me. I-A, Md. I-A, Mass. I-A, N. Hite I-A, Nov wie I-A, 
Pare I-A, Vte I-A, We Vae I-A 
