Profitable Farms and Woodlands
Profitable Farms and Woodlands

Author: Agriculture Department

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780160907760

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The handbook depicts step-by-step methods and principles on developing agroforestry practices for farmers and woodland owners for the purpose of enhancing the economic and environmental benefits of their farms and woodlands. The handbook is presented in five chapters, one for each agroforestry practice. Chapter topics are: • Introduction • The Basics • Economic Considerations • Further Assistance and information • Success Stories The authors sincerely hope that readers will find this guide to be a useful resource to establish and manage integrated, profitable, healthy and sustainable family farms and woodlands.

Agroforestry
Agroforestry

Author: Edan P. Collins

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781631176692

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This book is part of an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and comprehensive effort to develop a practical guide to assist under-served and limited resource small farmers and woodland owners to adopt best management technologies in agroforestry. The book depicts step-by-step methods and principles on developing agroforestry practices for farmers and woodland owners for the purpose of enhancing the economic and environmental benefits of their farms and woodlands. It also explains why planning is important in developing agroforestry practices; why larger landscape areas should be considered; describes ways in which conducting landscape assessments can be beneficial for agroforestry; and provides guidelines that may be used for the assessment and planning of agroforestry.

The Farm Woodland - With Information on the Soil, Tree Growth and Marketing of Timber
The Farm Woodland - With Information on the Soil, Tree Growth and Marketing of Timber

Author: Earl L. Scovell

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1473354307

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This antiquarian text contains a guide to managing woodland on a farm, with practical information on soil, tree growth, marketing timber, planting, and much more besides. Complete with helpful tips, clear instructions, a plethora of detailed illustrations, and a wealth of interesting and practicable information, this volume will be of great value to the modern farmer. It makes for a worthy addition to any collection of farming and agricultural literature. The chapters of this book include: 'History of the Woodland', 'Easy and Convenient to Manage', 'Soil for Trees', 'Tree Growth', 'Protection of the Woodland', 'Grazing Incompatible with Woodland', 'Fire', 'Insects and Diseases', 'Developing the Crop', 'Seedling Stage', 'Sapling Stage', 'Polewood Stage', etcetera. We are proud to republish this book, now complete with a new introduction on farming.

Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States
Making Woodlands Profitable in the Southern States

Author: Wilbur Reed Mattoon

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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"Farm forestry helps farmers in : Marketing timber profitably. Supplying timber for farm needs. Furnishing paying employment during the winter. Making waste lands yield a profit. Increasing the sale value of the farm. Farm forestry means: Improving the woods by the fight kind of cutting. Protecting the woods from fire and other injuries. Utilizing farm timber to the best advantage. Reclaiming gullies and utilizing waste lands by planting forest trees. Keeping the home forest growing at its maximum rate of production. Farm forestry, as a branch of agriculture, is the handling of forest trees and woodlands in such a manner as to increase the income and permanent value of the farm and add to its comvort and attractiveness as a home."--Page [2].