Part 11

With varying conditions the methods would of course vary. In a general way, if he happens to have a virgin growth of mixed woods, the first care would be to improve the composition of the wood lot by cutting out the less desirable kinds, the weeds of tree growth, and the poorly grown trees which impede the development of more deserving neighbors.

The wood thus cut he will use as firewood or in any other way, and, even if he could not use it at all, and had to burn it up, the operation would pay indirectly by leaving him a better crop. Then he may use the rest of the crop, gradually cutting the trees as needed, but he must take care that the openings are not made too large, so that they can readily fill out with young growth from the seed of the remaining trees, and he must also pay attention to the young aftergrowth, giving it light as needed. Thus without ever resorting to planting he may harvest the old timber and have a now crop taking its place and perpetuate the wood lot without in any way curtailing his use of the same.

FARMERS' BULLETINS.

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No. 15. Some Destructive Potato Diseases: What They Are and How to Prevent Thorn. Pp. 8. No. 16. Leguminous Plants for Green Manuring and for Feeding. Pp. 24. No. 18. Forage Plants for the South. Pp. 30. No. 19. Important Insecticides: Directions For Their Preparation and Use. Pp. 20. No. 21. Barnyard Manure. Pp. 32. No. 22. Feeding Farm Animals. Pp. 32. No. 23. Foods: Nutritive Value and Cost. Pp. 32. No. 24. Hog Cholera and Swine Plague. Pp. 16. No. 25. Peanuts: Culture and Uses. Pp. 24. No. 26. Sweet Potatoes: Culture and Uses. Pp. 30. No. 27. Flax for Seed and Fiber. Pp. 16. No. 28. Weeds; and How to Kill Them. Pp. 30. No. 29. Souring of Milk, and Other Changes in Milk Products. Pp. 28. No. 30. Grape Diseases on the Pacific Coast. Pp. 16. No. 31. Alfalfa, or Lucern. Pp. 23. No. 32. Silos and Silage. Pp. 31. No. 33. Peach Growing for Market. Pp. 24. No. 34. Meats: Composition and Cooking. Pp. 29. No. 35. Potato Culture. Pp. 23. No. 36. Cotton Seed and Its Products. Pp. 10. No. 37. Katir Corn: Characteristics, Culture, and Uses. Pp. 12. No. 38. Spraying for Fruit Diseases. Pp. 12. No. 39. Onion Culture. Pp. 31. No. 40. Farm Drainage. Pp. 24. No. 41. Fowls: Care and Feeding. Pp. 24. No. 42. Facts About Milk. Pp. 29. No. 43. Sewage Disposal on the Farm. Pp. 22. No. 44. Commercial Fertilizers. Pp. 24. No. 45. Some Insects Injurious to Stored Grain. Pp. 32. No. 46. Irrigation in Humid Climates. Pp. 27. No. 47. Insects Affecting the Cotton Plant. Pp. 32. No. 48. The Manuring of Cotton. Pp. 10. No. 49. Sheep Feeding. Pp. 24. No. 50. Sorghum as a Forage Crop. Pp. 24. No. 51. Standard Varieties of Chickens. Pp. 48. No. 52. The Sugar Beet. Pp. 48. No. 53. How to Grow Mushrooms. Pp. 20. No. 54. Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture. Pp. 40. No. 55. The Dairy Herd: Its Formation and Management. Pp. 24. No. 56. Experiment Station Work--I. Pp. 30. No. 57. Butter Making on the Farm. Pp. 15. No. 58. The Soy Bean as a Forage Crop. Pp. 24. No. 59. Bee Keeping. Pp. 32. No. 60. Methods of Curing Tobacco. Pp. 10. No. 61. Asparagus Culture. Pp. 40. No. 62. Marketing Farm Produce. Pp. 28. No. 63. Care of Milk on the Farm. Pp. 40. No. 64. Ducks and Geese. Pp. 48. No. 65. Experiment Station Work--II. Pp. 32. No. 66. Meadows and Pastures. Pp. 24. No. 67. Forestry for Farmers. Pp. 48. No. 68. The Black Rot of the Cabbage. Pp. 22. No. 69. Experiment Station Work--III. Pp. 32. No. 70. The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape. Pp. 24. No. 71. Some Essentials of Beef Production. Pp. 24. No. 72. Cattle Ranges of the Southwest. Pp. 32. No. 73. Experiment Station Work--IV. Pp. 32. No. 74. Milk as Food. Pp. 39. No. 75. The Grain Smuts. Pp. 20. No. 76. Tomato Growing. Pp. 30. No. 77. The Liming of Soils. Pp. 19. No. 78. Experiment Station Work--V. Pp. 32. No. 79. Experiment Station Work--VI. Pp. 28. No. 80. The Peach Twig-borer--an Important Enemy of Stone Fruits. Pp. 10. No. 81. Corn Culture in the South. Pp. 24. No. 82. The Culture of Tobacco. Pp. 23. No. 83. Tobacco Soils. Pp. 23. No. 84. Experiment Station Work--VII. Pp. 82. No. 85. Fish as Food. Pp. 30. No. 86. Thirty Poisonous Plants. Pp. 32. No. 87. Experiment Station Work--VIII. (In press.) No. 88. Alkali Lands. Pp. 23. No. 89. Cowpeas. (In press.)

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Transcriber Note

Illustrations were move so a to prevent splitting paragraphs. Minor typos corrected. Illustrations were obtained from the The Internet Archive and the University of North Texas' USDA Farmers' Bulletins Digital Library.