Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-03
FARM WOODLOT
| 0NEVERY FARM
Erees Compared With People
Each Community Should
! Have Young and Old
GUARD AGAINST ANY FIRES
Eysr on Rich, HIsh-PrSeed Land Some
Trees Should Be orown--Poorer
soIls Should Be Made TO ,Predues
Trees In Abundance.

kRy w. n. Nation, Forest Examiner.)
The present movement to build up
The farm and make It pay its owner
n substantial income necsssisekss Sc
kious attention to the farm woodlot.
Fillable land. pasture. and woodland
make UP three main classes Of land to
be dealt with In the future develop
nent of the farm. A woodiot Is that
portion OF the farm managed for the
continuous production Of timber either
20 be used on the farm or for sale, or
both. This includes posts. poles. Ore
wood and common building material.
It is important here to distinguish
clearly between woodlot and wood
I'D pasture. In, many regions the
wooded pasture 10, exclusively thought
Of and known as the woodlot. It gen.
sfally consists. Of a very open stand Oh
mature and oyermature trees. The
absence OF seedlings and larger repro.
duction forcibly suggests the condition
Of toyn made up wholly OF, aged
people. Each will becp@ae extinct by
ME passing Away OF the present ,gener-
afiou. The woodlet should contain
trees Of different ages wsth The young
Cd, ones we'll represented Further, u
should %, FUZZY stocked with the most
si,sful ,End OF trees, The main points
by watch 70 Judge the latter, are the
fntrinsic value Of wood Tor farm uses
and tho rate OF growth.
pastursd -Moodlots Rufned.
Pasturfng q woodlot, unless csye-
fully controlled, destroys the valuable
protective leaf mulch OF the forest
noor and does snsst damags to young
seedlings and sapplings. II continued
as steady practice heavy pasturing
b hardwood stands will inevitably de-
stroy the woodlot. The worth Of the
forage growing in a good woodlot is
very small indeed, sinoe the trees will
be 50 closespaced and very little sun.
hight will reach the ground. In we'll.
stocked timberland, where the foliage
LIS we'll above the reach of animals.
Right pasturage under careful regula,
ZION may sometimes be allowed, II
Necessary, but extreme caution IL I'm.
psfstive, II harm is not to be done
and, generally speaking, II Is best to
keep stock out.
/ Fires should be r1gidly excluded at
all times. A single FIRE. removing the
protective leaves and litter, may cut
down the subsequent increase OF tho
timber by as much as 80 to 50 per cent
during the next few years.
II would be we'll IL every farmer |
would select and set aside a certain |
part OF the farm as permanent wood !
Dot As matter merely OF convent |
snce and the saving OF time and un-
nscessary- expense In the future, a
bUoodlot will be needed on practically |
svery farm. Repair timber Is some
times needed on the farm at a time
when trip to town would mean .
costly delay. Incidentally small
Of high-grade logs can be
grown, which should bring q good
price. The area to be devoted 10 the
permanent woodlot win vary usually
1om about 10 per cent In regions OF
Dpod soil and high land value to 25 per
c3t or more where the soil Is less
fertile ard part OF the sur
face steep or rough.