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hcit^ht. Otherwise tlu- moisture and lui- 

 trinient re(|uire(l l>v tlie peniianeiit trees 

 will be (livitled aiul none receive enough. 

 I'Voni a report niafle by Mr. Douj^^las in 

 i88s nianv of the trees, six vears old, 

 measured 18 inches ijirth. While from 

 sheer nejj^lect and overcrowdinj^ there has 

 been a serious loss in subsequent years. 



I have personally measured a lart^e 

 number of Catalpa trees in Kansas, Ne- 

 braska. Iowa. Missouri. Illinois. Ken- 

 tucky. Ohio, District of Columbia. Utah. 

 California and Indiana, takinjj trees of 

 known age. and they have averaged one 

 inch diameter increase for each year after 

 planting". 



The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 

 planted on its line between Richmond and 

 IndianaiK)lis a large number of Catalpa 

 trees, part of which were speciosa and 

 other, bignonoides, or southern form. 

 These were allowed to grow at random in 

 a blue grass soii. They have been cut 

 back often to prevent interference with 

 telegraph wires, and a majority are 

 worthless, from neglect. Yet I measured 

 several that were 48 inches girth after iTi 

 years' growth. 



If these trees could be cut down, allow- 

 ing one shoot to grow from the stump, 

 they would in five years pn^duce valuable, 

 straight, thrifty trees of which the com- 

 pan\- would be proud. 



One tree in Minifee County, Ky.. 

 planted in 1840. has a spread of 80 feet 

 diameter, the trunk being 15 feet circum- 

 ference. 



Mr. L. W. Vaggy is the owner of a 

 large farm near Hutchinson. Kan., on 

 500 acres of which are growing Cataljxi 

 trees ; 13,000 posts were cut in 1898 after 

 eight years' growth, selling for $1,300.00. 

 leaving the remaining trees close enough 

 for perfect development. Mr. Yaggy 

 considers this a very profitable invest- 

 ment. 



A writer speaking of the value of 

 Catalpa ties and lumber, says: "Not- 

 withstanding it makes a flurablc tie, the 

 wood is entirely t(X) valuable for that 

 purj)Ose, as the lumber — 40 feet b. m. in 

 a tie. is worth $2.00 to $3.00. In fact 

 there is no lumber grown in the United 

 States that is more valuable. It takes a 

 finish equal to San Domingo mahogany." 



lATAI.I'.V M'K.tlOS.V AT IHTCHIN.SON, K.\N.S.\.s. 



IK years" ({rowih: (id inohfs ulrth; 35 feel hljih. Nu- 

 merous irtM's i)f Kfmiiforl in ihf <lisiance. 



