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soil for its best development, and emphasizes the fact that with trees 

 as with other crops the highest returns are realized from the best soils. 



GREEN ASH. 



Next to Cottonwood, green ash has been the most widely planted tree 

 in eastern Nebraska. Its range for planting comprises the entire region, 

 except portions of the sand-hills. It succeeds best on low land, yet no 

 other tree, except possibly honey locust, is so well adapted to dry upland 

 planting. In the sand-hills it cannot be planted on the upland, but does 

 tolerably well in the valleys. 



In general, the timber of green ash is only slightly inferior to that 

 of white ash, and the tree is much hardier. It should be planted mainly 

 for posts and fuel. Its fuel value is relatively high, and under favorable 

 conditions a yield of at least 1 cord per year per acre may be realized. 

 As a post timber green ash is not among the best, but is widely used. 

 When cut in the fall or winter and thoroughly seasoned the posts are 

 fully twice as serviceable as when set green. Its diameter growth is 

 somewhat lower than that of catalpa. In good soil it will attain post 

 size in from twelve to fifteen years, but since its heartwood does not 

 develop early, posts cut from young trees are not very durable. 



Table 6. — Yield of green ash. 



1 



*2 

 8 

 4 



6 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 



County 



Jefferson. . 

 Washingt'n 

 Nemaha . .. 



Polk 



Colfax 



Hall 



Clay 



Otoe 



Hamilton . . 



York 



Fillmore .. 



Polk 



Kearney .. 

 Richardson 

 Johnson . .. 

 Saunders .. 

 Hamilton .. 



York 



WeDster. .. 

 Killmore... 

 Lancaster . 



Polk 



Butler ... 



Clay 



Saunders.. 

 Saunders. . 

 Saunders.. 

 Cumlnir . .. 

 Saunders.. 



o 

 O 



a) 



Acr's 

 1.30 

 2.50 

 1.00 



.92 

 1.50 

 2.50 

 3.43 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 7.00 



.99 

 1.20 

 1.04 



.80 



.95 

 1.56 

 1.10 

 1.70 

 6.60 

 4.24 



.48 

 3.10 



.33 

 B.30 

 1.50 

 1.10 

 1.50 



.25 

 3.10 



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Yrs 

 17 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 22 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 27 

 29 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 32 

 33 

 33 



Dominant 

 Trees 



1- 2 1) 

 a> S t- 



Inch, 

 3.1 

 4.7 

 3.7 

 4.2 

 2.9 

 2.4 

 4.2 

 4.5 

 4.2 

 4.2 

 3.7 

 4.9 

 6.2 

 4.3 

 5.1 

 4.8 

 5.3 

 4.7 

 3.8 

 5.7 

 6.3 

 6.2 

 4.9 

 6.8 

 6.1 

 7.4 

 4.6 

 4.6 

 7.0 



u u 



O <D 



0) 00 „ 



.O «J p 



£3 (D t. 



C Ch O 



540 

 1083 

 1054 

 965 

 844 

 1304 

 1446 

 744 

 932 

 714 

 928 

 725 

 805 

 1192 

 492 

 446 

 496 

 835 

 517 

 345 

 497 

 309 

 950 

 352 

 368 

 236 

 553 

 530 

 383 



Yield Per Acre 



Total 



C'rds 



275 



1326 



1582 



840 



523 



722 



963 



1014 



1011 



1004 



9,3 



1263 



1611 



2063 



640 



643 



1339 



1492 



343 



1067 



1269 



1001 



1735 



860 



1662 



2273 



1106 



1272 



1623 



Cu.Fl 



3.2 



15.4 



18.4 



9.8 



5.1 



6.4 



11.2 



11.8 



11.8 



11.7 



11.3 



14.7 



18.7 



24.0 



7.4 



7.5 



15.6 



17.3 



4.0 



12.4 



14.8 



11.6 



20.1 



10.0 



19.3 



26.4 



12.9 



14.8 



18.9 



Fuel 



C'rds 

 0.2 

 .9 

 1.0 

 .5 

 .3 

 .4 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 

 .5 

 .7 

 .9 

 1.1 

 .3 

 .3 

 .7 

 .8 

 .2 

 .6 

 .6. 

 .4 

 .7 

 •3 

 .6 

 .9 

 .4 

 .6 

 .6 



♦ Bottom land. 



