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after the bush by removing diseased
and imperfect trees and your basal
area will fall into place pretty well.
I'd rather be high (in basal area) than
low."
The new Bruce bylaw still allows
farmers to mark their own trees and
advertise timber for sale but farmers
must have a long-term plan, he says.
Horning wishes there were a
bylaw that would require every
timber sale to be registered, so people
would know just how valuable
hardwood lumber is to the local
economy, even if it was only the
volume of wood harvested that was
reported to the county. Then 100
years from now councillors would
know the volume of wood that was
produced in the area. Barring that, he
urges people to keep their own
records.
"I would encourage anybody, no
matter how long they stay on the
farm, to record anything you take out
of your woodlot so it can be passed
on, even if you only take out 50
cords of wood," he says. "Over time
a long-term record can be gained as
as to what is happening. Even if it's a
lump -sum sale of $20,000, write it
down so somebody has some idea of
what woodlots are worth."
After all, he reasons, people
record bushels of corn from
acres but wood has a greater
value and a value that continues to
increase. Horning found it frustrating
when he wanted to compare the
productivity of his own woodlot to
those of others that nobody else had
figures.
The woodlot has been in the
Horning family since 1885 and with
Jeff living on Russ's old farm nearby
and taking an interest in the bush,
Russ is hopeful the family tradition
will be continued. Jeff has been
attending woodlot association
meetings and learning more about
managing trees.
"He's taking an interest in it
which I'm really pleased to see,"
Russ says. "He's realizing the value
of this stuff."
Russ wants to know that the bush
will be productive for Jeff and
possibly for his grandchildren to
come. "I don't know if I'II be around
to see another cut," he says of his
bush, "but if I'm not, I'm leaving a
good stand of trees for the next
generation."0