The Republican journal., 1903-12-03
THE WOOD LOT.
Increasing Value of Forest Growth. 1t is
One of the Money Crops of the Farm.

Vue VI Tue U4OuCy SAVPS Va SAo > 0AAAA'
The late fall and early winter is the
best time in the year for giving the
farm wood lot such attention as will
improve its condition and at the same
time weld the whole or part of the
annual supply of fuel for the family.
The high price of coal the past winter
drove great many families to the use
Of wood again who had almost forgot
ten its use except for kindling fires.
Those farmers who had seasoned wood
on hand suitable for market realized
unusual prices, greater, probably, than
will rule again for a long while, yet
many persons, both owners OF wood
land and consumers of fuel, learned a
new lesson as to the value OF wood for
fuel and as a money crop from the
farm. The wood growing on the farm
should be reckoned as a farm crop as
much as the hay, the apples. or the
cranberries when these are grown, and
the wood should be harvested at the
time of maturity just as should any
other crop Even shade and ornamen-
tai trees, as well as the fruit trees of
the orchard, all reach time when they
should be removed to make place for
Younger stock or some other kind OF
crop more suited to the times or the
condition or taste of the owners. Many
men when trimming fruit trees are in
the habit of Juggling the trimmings into
some out-of- the-Way corner and leaving
them there till too rotten for good fuel,
which is too wasteful a practice as all
our fruit trees are among the hard
woods and make excellent fuel when
properly prepared and seasoned.
mere was no lalll WolNstnal 81 81,
JoEtu DETER III eaiis WIZ Do,oio ' ,,o
SHOWS were ueep iian tnI 5; tlin 1l;na ~
OF hal4iaL grown " M Wig p WIo" ""I
otAef hlilus Oh loleSu .ieGo. "nen =; =
go on mo we "oous ~ Ineeo u"s -,
search ol via lloMGis ~ pls.iiOo guy.
lAt VI I"!leli '.ils. No.,
olusI tAdt "IS Noi'nle'9 "iIe
are, Always tHllIh no." Mou't a. 10y
cieahlhG up Ihe laiiu ail.. ll:tlis W.. va
uap;t IueI lQI use ~ oui
ca IS very con elilSl' "ilcil an a. a o"s
!lle Is needed pue Hlalis .iilieo Iio t;o
keepers Nanl d ny ~ , a sI,ol. s .,,i,e
oAIy- ana "oqu conles ~ naaus w suo u
occasions. IL Is rug tiIat saa VI MY
seEe III stoves Iltteu 10Y tlleill ale eY ua a.
~ ha}l4'S' put hoI man. idl liiolo -
other country peopie nave sae NUM- ~
reacH. ana kerosene 10 ooii a'n's IL,
price ~ persons over Wlloll collSuiiieis
nav !:tt 80 80 f,,,, ,f waI1 carad
S'tll-eo 80 10, VIZ e. 80 - daaron nf indo
lo!, ni"hes oiit t1d aru. q u nosSsih,e
peiIelee iiot ot.IGl + .ae pprben +he traas
M - ,'ii fa,' that the lot viii
AaN oteLi ~ ~ ,'ia aeded for
aIloIu lle oGoas.oitnt A,'t f h,i1dinnS
1eLtIll5 OK l,S'i i,,'eo aIY,ost sntira
.'t-s ~ lay 4 .'ftail rom woodIot that
% -ulined 1"HeN f liUn noars nraVionsIv
10 & 4,aI s,,,l" Rv cnttino the
ta'ieIf ~ ,o'ui +i;o lons 10 milf and
5le5s "oIu mau! t ,,ino,,aT and nilino it
ul" -Ils "M"y ,iie ,';th l,,,t lit+fa hired
ny loI se" tI 49, o ~ of tba work
ht-P aHu 'ilsli oo LIE nau nd ha,iing Tho
ol uisg4!Is V.le e5iial anu ' 4nnnd the
stones IoI lounoatLoii, 4 , ,o1tiio of tho tho
money ou.las DO Hou y, .Lai n'i f,,iSbnd
Ta!ut % tne pe'. t, oo miloH S,1nnlv
linen tAe tops oi the .lees ga,o o S" 20 =
OIL lue- tn"C l"9.eu h;oe vls co. hoatina
My! ~ Nfeo 80 wa ,I,,rnasas that
ana wholly lol hltclei putpIIG;o oh ,onn az ~ !
experience mas slSeii !ie d 'aasm l9s.l,'
Iot ianlns Woo.tio1 w., ~ ,,n,l ma1a
"IVI lal.!l, n"1o .l'o rai,,atIo lons
II d piaellIe W ~ d;fforent d;nla5
SAVED mo loilpel ~ o 49, that mioht
Slohs 1ol uSe ~ @ tla Iapnl or the farm
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