Forestry for Farmers
by B. E. Fernow
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923
- Credits
- Produced by Tom Cosmas
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SD: Agriculture: Forestry
- Subject
- Agroforestry
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62686
- Release Date
- July 17, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FORESTRY FOR FARMERS.
- 2.B. E. FERNOW,
- 3.CONTENTS. — FORESTRY FOR FARMERS.
- 4.1. HOW TREES GROW. — FOOD MATERIALS AND CONDITIONS OF GROWTH. — SOIL CONDITIONS. — LIGHT CONDITIONS. — PHYSIOLOGY OF TREE GROWTH. — "SAP UP AND SAP DOWN." — PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT. — GROWTH IN LENGTH AND RAMIFICATION. — GROWTH IN THICKNESS. — FORM DEVELOPMENT. — RATE OF GROWTH. — REPRODUCTION.
- 5.2. HOW TO PLANT A FOREST. — WHAT TREES TO PLANT. — METHODS OF PLANTING.
- 6.3. HOW TO TREAT THE WOOD LOT. — IMPROVEMENT CUTTINGS. — METHODS OF REPRODUCING THE WOOD CROP. — SIZE OF OPENINGS. — WIND MANTLE. — COPPICE. — PLAN OF MANAGEMENT.
- 7.4. HOW TO CULTIVATE THE WOOD CROP. — EFFECT OF LIGHT ON WOOD PRODUCTION. — NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE. — WEEDING AND CLEANING THE CROP. — METHODS OF THINNING. — WHAT TREES TO REMOVE.
- 8.5.—THE RELATION OF FORESTS TO FARMS. — THE FOREST WATERS THE FARM. — THE FOREST TEMPERS THE FARM. — THE FOREST PROTECTS THE FARM. — THE FOREST SUPPLIES THE FARM WITH USEFUL MATERIAL.
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