These, of course, are not average instances.
Farmers should prize their woodlands because they provide building material for fences and farm outbuildings as well as for general repairs.

The farm woodland also supplies fuel for the farm house.

Any surplus materials can be sold in the form of standing timber, sawlogs, posts, poles, crossties, pulpwood, blocks or bolts.

The farm forest also serves as a good windbreak for the farm buildings.

It supplies shelter for the livestock during stormy weather and protects the soil against erosion.
During slack times, it provides profitable work for the farm hands.
There are approximately one-fifth of a billion acres of farm woodlands in the United States.