Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-27
ADVISES FARMERS WHAT
 TREES TO CIT FOE FL


 TREES TO CUT FOR FUEL The Connecticut Fuel Commission is sued bulletin Thursday. giving aids to farmers and dealers in fuel who are at the present time cutting cord wool for domestic consumption in order to conserve anthracite coal during the next few months
 sIncreased demand for wood on the i part of householders may result in considerable and lasting damage to wood lands unless certain precautions are taken On the other hand, the cut ting Of cord wood furnishes owners of woodland an opportunity of clearing their land and putting the timber n better condition. For that reason the l fuel commission urges the use for cord wood of the poor, less valuable trees. | allowing the better ones to stand. The Esommission has issued suggestions for the removal of fuel as follows: Sound sticks lying on the ground ! This will include tops which have been Eleft in logging operations, and trees which have been blown over by the wind, crushed down by snow, or oth- 1 erwise toppled over. If left on. the ground these tops and trees are se- rious4 fire menace, will eventually rot and are then of no value for any pur- pose.
 1 Dead trees which are sound and stil standing. They are usually dry, maka good frewood,. and are of no account in the woods.
 Trees which are diseased, or are S d seriously injured by insects that they will probably die; and also trees wllicl are specially subject to serious disease or insect attack. By cutting them opt the spread of the disease or insect: may be checked Thug, chestnut. whicf is almost certain to be killed when at. tackled by chestnut bark disease. shouls be cut out in preference to other kinds of trees whenever this disease is pres | ent.
 4 Crooked trees which are crowdins out straight ones The former will no become valuable timber trees while tho 4 latter may, e
 si Large old trees unsuitable for luni ber, and having big tops which shad, {. out numerous smaller trees growing be- meath them.
 Small trees which are overtopped ant N stunted by larger and better ones. Tht former are not likely to develop int, trees of any value.
 Trees of the less valuable kind whic! are crowding good trees of the morl valuable kinds, Thus black oak o a beech which is crowding out whit, , teth VT eh Aot0 AAAahlO VI Glu0lt HAAS. ati' health, should be removed. , Treas which by some chance ar
 growing on ground unsuited to then, They will not grow into valuable lum Der trees. Thus yellow popular on dry ridge should be cut out in prefer ence to a hickory, an oak OF a. pine ];
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 Slowly growing trees which ar crowdng out equally valuable kind
 that grow faster. Thus a white oas
 hickory, or sugar maple should be rs
 moved in preference to a yellow por
 lar, black walnut or ash.
 Trees badly fre-scarred at the but ! These are of less value for lumber tha Q sound trees. They usually become ro b ten, and are among the first to b 4 blown over by heavy winds. n The ideal trees for cord wood Rl ,. those which range from to about 1 .s inche sin diameter. The yield of cor r wood. from trees smaller than fo, 7 inches in diameter is very slight, ar is trees larger than 10 inches in diamet, {, are usually more valuable for son : other purpose, unless they are defe tive.