12—r-Lancastcr Farming, Friday, April 5, 1957 Forester Gives Farmers Tips, Advice On Farm Wood Lot Management In a recent trip to Lancaster County Edward P. Farand, assist ant extension foester from Penn some tips and advice On ISm wood lot management. of the trip, Farrand DEPENDABLE SERVICE GARBER OIL COMPANY Mt. Joy, Pa. Phone 3-9331 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a ■ ■ [ HUBBARD NO. 496 1 ■ ■ ■ Brown Egg Cross S ■ ■ ■ , Will give persistent high egg product ■ ■ . tion, large uniform eggs and staying ■ ■ power to keep shelling them out right a ■ ■ ■ thru the year with excellent laying ■ jj house, live-ability. Please call and ■ ■ f i B &l ‘ place your order. H S [ | I I ■ / ■ ■ Manheim Pike Lancaster, Pa. ■ ■ ■ ■ Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2154 ■ ■ i ■ «■£■■■■■■■■■■■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■■■ SPECIAL BUY ON ★ Bedding ★ Complete Bedroom Suites DISCOUNTS ON 4 Store Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed. 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. 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FURNITURE and CARPETS putting a value on the timber, hu In a survey -of the wood lot, Farrand found that the ,woods is composed of general mixture ot, species with a high percentage of I mature commercially desirable, 1 trees. At the same time, he found that there were many trees in the woods with little or no commer cial value. These were in addition to sev eral large spreading “wolf trees” that shade and crowd out young growth without adding any com mercial value to the wood lot. Farrand said that the Bushong woods were typical of the average farm woods that has been allowed to grow without management or harvest. His recommendations were 1. "Oaks with a stump diameter of 20 inches or more can be cut. 2. Poplar and cherry trees with a stump diameter of 26 inches or more can be cut. 3. Trees smaller than this should be allowed to stand unless they are so crooked or branchy that they will never be good saw tree. In this case, they can be allowed fo stand a few years for seed if needed, or they can be cut and allowed to lay or they can be killed by chemicals. 4 In selling timber, the farm er can mark the trees to be cut and so specify in the contract, or the contract with the mill man can specify size trees to be cut. 5. Before selling, it is usually best to get bids from more'than one operator. Farrand said that the U. S. De partment of Agriculture has avail able sample contracts for farmers to use as a giude in selling timber. They are found in Measuring and Marketing Farm Timber, Farmers Bulletin 1210. The same publication also con tains scales for determining board' feet in a given tree. Noting that labor costs are high in timber production, Farrand said that the farmer can make an additional 15 cents a thousand board feet by cutting and hauling logs to the edge of the wood lot for pick up by the mill truck. In maiking trees to be cut, two marks should be made, he said. The first should be made about four feet up on the trunk of the tree. The other should be made on the stump near ground level. (Continued on page 13) IS THIS GOOD BUSINESS The most careful study of the economics of the alcohp hc beverage industry ever made in this country is to be found in the report to the legislature of the state of Massachusetts by a Gover nor's Commission headed by Judge Joseph T. Zottoli of the Boston Municipal'Court. Listen to the Judge himself; “In our report to the Mass achusetts Legislature we pointed out that the direct aunual cost of alcoholism to our state totaled more than $6O million, while the total annual cost of alcoholism to taxes on the liquor industry amounted to about $l3 mil lion. “If the cost of indirect effect were taken into con sideration the losses to the state would be astounding. There is evidence that jn general the cost to the State due to alcoholism is about six to eight times what it receiv es in taxes from the Liquor industry.” Pennsylvania Politicans Please Note! EXTENSION FORESTER Edward P. Farrand shows J. Mark Bushong, R 2 Columbia, a sample boring from an oak tree trunk. By looking at the rings of the tree extracted •by the borer, it can be determined if the tree is growing rapidly or not. This tree showed that it was growing at a rate of about half an inch a, year. Farrand said that in most cases when a tree is still making such rapid growth, it should be allowed to stand. (LF Photo) ■ ■■'■■■■(■■■HBBBBMBBIBBB ■■■■■■■■■■■ Myer’s Metered Gas Service if Home Heating if Warm Air and Hot Water if Caloric, Tappan and Wincroft Gas Ranges if Lawson Stone Lined Water Heaters if Revco and Admiral Freezers if Serve! and Admiral Refrigerators if Cabinets for Kitchens —wood and metal if Maytag Washers and Dryers if Breakfast Sets ■ if*. 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