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A properly managed farm
woodlot will furnish a convenient,
and economical supply of timber,,
fuel and fence posts for home'
consumption and, at intervals,
will yield valuable sawlogs and
veneer logs' for market. Parin
woodlots will produce much
valuable material without
improvement work, but there will
also be many . undesirable,
crooked and defective trees of
ittle value that could have been
eliminated. More , efficient
management of many of these
woodlots could double or triple
he value of their output.
The majority of farm woodlots
in Southern Ontario are in need of
some type. of improvement work.
Instead of being • left to grow
untended, young second-growth
oodlots may be treated to
produce more high-quality wood
ore quickly for higher profits.
he most important treatment in
a young woodlot is a thinning
when the trees are four to ten
nches in diameter and 30 to 60
years of age. Thinning is done by
lifting or girdling low-value trees
o stimulate the growth of the
remaining trees and to improve
he quality and composition of the
oodlot. Th inning the young
orest may be compared to
eeding a garden in that the
production of wood is
oncentrated On the most
valuable trees.
Older •woodlots will benefit if
the less valuable species and the
leaning, twisted, branch,,
rooked, diseased and' over-
ature trees are removed. There
is a great difference in the
commerical value being known as
`weed trees". These "weed"
pecies will never grow into
ood-quality "timber and should
e removed as early as possible.
Improvement *work in such older
woodlots may still be carried out
at a profit if the trees are big
enough.
To assists woodlot owners in
the most efficient management of
their wocidlots, Ministry of
Natural ReSources staff will
inspect a woodlot on the, owner's
request to advise on
management techniques. Of even
more importance, the Woodlands
Improvement Act authorizes the
Ministry to enter into agreements
with woodlot owners under which
woodland improve ment work
may be done free of.charge by the
Ministry. All owners of five or
more acres of woodland qualify
for woodland improvement
assistance if the woodlot is
approved as suitable for forestry
purposes. The Ministry of
Natural Resources provides the
labour and supervision to do the
actual thinning of young woodlots
or girdling of 'undesirable cull
trees in older woodlots at no cost
to the owner. The responsibility
of the landowner is to protect the
woodlot from grazing and fire and
to report significant insect or
disease damage to the Ministry
office. The agreement extends for
a period of fifteen years in Most
cases and, if the land is sold, the
agreement can be assumed by the
n ew owner for the balance of the
fifteen year period.
• Any woodlot owner' interested
in details of this assistance can
contact the Ministry of Natural
Resources office at Box 490,
VVinghani, Ontario (357-3131i or
Zenith 92000, The Wingharn
District includes Huron and Perth
Counties as well as Huron,
KinloSs, CulroSs i and Carrick
Townships in Bruce County and
Minto Township it Wellington
County.
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