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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Growth of Trees in the Forest Belts 



Name of Species. 



Black Walnut — Juglans nigra 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



Butternut — Juglans cinerea 



do do 



Silver-leaved Maple — Acer dasycarpuni. . . 



do do 



European White Birch — Betula alba 



do do 



Canoe Birch — Betula papyrifera 



do do 



YeUow Birch — Betula lutea 



do do 



White Elm — Ulmus americana 



do do , . 



Black Ash — Fraxinus sambucifolia 



do do 



Green Ash — Fraixinus viridis 



do do 



Red Ash — Fraxinus pubescens 



do do 



White Ash— Fraxinus americana 



do ^o . 



Black Cherry — Prunus serotina 



do do 



Box Elder — Negundo aceroides 



Bolle's Poplar — Populus alba Bolleana 



do do 



Scotch Pine — Pinus sylvestria 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do , . 



Austrian Pine — Pinus austriaca 



do do 



do do 



do do 



do do . 



do do 



White Spruce — Picea alba 



do do , 



Norway Spruce — Picea excelsa 



do do 



do do .... 



do do 



American Arbor-vitae — Thuya occidentalis 



do do 

 European Larch — Larix europaea 



do do 



White Pine — Pinus Strobus 



do do 



Character of Soil. 



Low sandy loam 



do 



Sandy loam with small stones, 

 do do . . 



Clay loam 



Low sandy loam 



do 



Light sandy loam 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Sandy loam 



do 



Black muck 



Low sandy loam 



Black muck 



Low sandy loam ., 



Black muck 



Light sandy loam 



Black muck. 



Light sandy loam 



Light, sandy loam and gravel, 

 do do . . 



Light sandy loam 



do 



do 



Sandy loam with gravel 



do do 



Low sandy loam with gravel . 



Low sandy loam 



Light sandy loam 



Clay loam 



Light sandy loam and gravel, 

 do do . . 



Light sandy loam 



do 



do 



Clay loam 



Light sandy loam and gravel, 

 do do . 



Light sandy loam 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Clay loam 



Low sandy loam and black 

 muck. 



Low sandy loam 



do 



do 

 Light sandy loam with gravel, 

 do do . . 



13 



c 



a 



1888 

 1888 

 1889 

 1889 

 1888 

 1888 

 1888 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 1SS9 

 18!)0 

 1890 

 1888 

 1888 

 1888 

 18S8 

 1888 

 1888 

 1888 

 1887 

 18S9 

 18S9 

 1888 

 1888 

 1888 

 1887 

 1889 

 1889 

 1889 

 18S9 

 1888 

 1888 

 1889 



1889 

 1888 

 1888 

 1889 

 1889 



Distance 

 Apart. 



feet. 



5x 

 10 X 



5x 

 10 X 

 10 X 



5 



10 



5 



10 



5 



& X 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 

 10 X 



5x 

 10 X 



5x 

 10x10 



5x 5 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10x10 



5x5 

 10 X 

 10 X 

 10 X 

 10 X 



3x 



5x 

 10x10 

 10 X 5 

 10 X 

 10 X 



3x 



5x 

 10x10 



5x 5 

 10 X 

 10 X 

 10 X 



5x 



10 



5 



10 



5 



10 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 5 



10 

 5 

 5 

 5 



10x10 

 5x5 



10x10 

 5x 5 



10x10 



Age 



or 



Height 



when 



Planted. 



1 year. 

 1 do 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



3 do . 



2 do . 



1 do . 



1 do . 

 18 inches. 

 18 do . 

 18 do . 

 18 do . 

 18 do . 

 18 do . 

 18 do . 



9 do . 



18 do . 



18 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



18 do . 



18 do . 



15 do . 



15 do . 



18 do . 



18 do . 



2 feet... 

 2 do ... 

 8 to 10 in 

 8 to 10 in 



In the above table the average growth is given of most of the important timber trees growing in the 

 measurement of average trees, and give a fairly accurate idea of the growth these make each year. Until 

 spread so much that it was difficult to determine tlie leader, hence the total height is now taken. This 

 are very divergent, or the extremities pendulous, the total height is given as less than that of the year 



