Very respectfully,
B. E. Fernow, Chief.
Approved:
James Wilson, Secretary.
[CONTENTS.]
| Page. | |
| How trees grow | [3] |
| Food materials and conditions of growth | [3] |
| Soil conditions | [4] |
| Light conditions | [6] |
| Physiology of tree growth | [9] |
| "Sap up and sap down" | [10] |
| Progress of development | [11] |
| Growth in length and ramification | [11] |
| Growth in thickness | [14] |
| Form development | [17] |
| Rate of growth | [19] |
| Reproduction | [21] |
| How to plant a forest | [22] |
| What trees to plant | [23] |
| Methods of planting | [26] |
| How to treat the wood lot | [28] |
| Improvement cuttings | [29] |
| Methods of reproducing the wood crop | [31] |
| Size of openings | [34] |
| Wind mantle | [34] |
| Coppice | [35] |
| Plan of management | [37] |
| How to cultivate the wood crop | [37] |
| Effect of light on wood production | [38] |
| Number of trees per acre | [38] |
| Weeding and cleaning the crop | [40] |
| Methods of thinning | [40] |
| What trees to remove | [41] |
| The relation of forests to farms | [42] |
| The forest waters the farm | [44] |
| The forest tempers the farm | [45] |
| The forest protects the farm | [45] |
| The forest supplies the farm with useful material | [46] |