How to farm your forest
Subtitle: A guide for woodland owners in southern Illinois
By: by Leon S. Minckler and John F. Hosner
Contributors: Hosner, John F. (John Frank), 1925-; Southern Illinois University (Carbondale campus); Central States Forest Experiment Station (Columbus, Ohio); United States. Forest Service; United States. Department of Agriculture
Series: Miscellaneous release -- 11; Miscellaneous release (Central States Forest Experiment Station (Columbus, Ohio)) -- 11.
Publisher: The Station
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Columbus, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Woodlots; Management
Notes: "December, 1956"--T.p. verso.

Published by the Southern Illinois University in co-operation with the Central States Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why manage your woodlands. pp. 1.; title: How to recognize different classes of trees; title: Description of tree classes. pp. 3.; title: How to make your woods grow. pp. 6.; title: What is a practical cutting operation? pp. 15.; title: How to start new trees. pp. 17.; title: Protecting you forest property. pp.  24.; title: How to harvest and sell your forest products. pp. 26.; title: How to build up your woodland. pp. 34.; title: What you can expect to earn. pp. 44.; title: Is good forestry good business? pp. 51.; title: Appendix: Simple terms used in this book. pp. 56.; title: Appendix: List of Illinois State Forestry Offices. pp. 59.; title: Appendix: Vigor characteristics of trees. pp. 60.; title: Appendix: Board-foot volume of trees by diameter and number of 16-foot logs. pp. 61.; title: Appendix: Primary products from southern illinois timber. pp. 62.; title: Appendix: Guide to farm use of southern illinois trees. pp. 64.; title: Appendix: It pays to grow high-quality logs. pp. 65.; title: Appendix: Places to find additional information. pp. 66.