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windmill posts. This material, together with the additional fuel wood, 

 it is estimated would meet the cost of cutting the posts. 



The heavy pasturing of the plantation for many years has prevented 

 the development of forest conditions. There is only a trace of humus, and 

 a very small amount of litter. Ground cover and underbrush are almost 

 completely shut out by the live stock and shade. Reproduction is pre- 

 vented for the same reasons. 



With but few exceptions the trees are sound. A few have been scarred 

 by the rubbing of stock, and there is some decay where limbs have been 

 broken off. The trees tend to be branchy and rather crooked. 



Since the plantation sprang up voluntarily and has never received 

 cultivation or other care there was no expense in establishing and 

 maintaining -it. However, the estimated cost of establishing such a 

 plantation at the present time is taken into account in calculating the 

 net income, in order that the computation of returns may be of greater 

 practical benefit to prospective planters. 



COST (estimated). 



Preparation of the ground ...$2.50 

 Plants, 2,722, at $2 per thou- 

 sand 5.44 



Planting 6.00 



Cultivation, three years 5.00 



Total $18.94 



Interest on $18.94 for thirty- 

 two years at 5 per cent 

 compounded 71.31 



Total cost at end of thir- 

 ty-two years $90.25 



RETURNS. 



First-class posts, 760^ at 15 



cents $114.00 



Second-class posts, 522, at 10 



cents 52.20 



Poles cut in past, 100, at 60 



cents 60.00 



First-class posts cut in the 



past, 700, at 15 cents 105.00 



Second-class posts cut in the 



past, 500 at 10 cents 50.00 



Net income at the end of 

 thirty-two years $381 20 



Deducting the cost, $90.25, from the present value, $381.20, leaves 

 $290.95 as the net value, which is equivalent to an annual net income 

 with 5 per cent compound interest of $5.06 per acre. This may be re- 

 garded as net profit, since the plantation has always been used to its 

 full capacity as a part of the farm stock yards. It has afforded also ideal 

 shade and shelter for stock for many years, though the abuse from this 

 cause has reduced materially the returns from the project Had this 

 plantation always been under good management it would have made a 

 still better showing in the value of the returns. 



TABLE 9. — Yields of other species. 

 WHITE WILLOW. 



o a 



County 



Washington. 

 Dodge 



Yield Per Acre 



Total 



Cu. P. 

 3967 

 4339 



Cords 

 46.1 

 60.5 



Aver- 

 age 

 Annual 



Cords 

 2.0 

 2.3 



