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Table 4. — Yield of cottonwood. 

 BOTTOM LAND. 



a 



o 

 7: 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 







11 



11 



12 



13 



14 



16 



County 



Colfax ... 

 Madison. . 



Platte 



Hamilton. 

 Dodge — 



Dixon 



Pierce 



Wavne ... 

 Jefferson. 

 Madison. . 

 Merrick . . 

 Sianton .. 

 Colfax.... 

 Lancaster 

 Hall 



Area of 

 Grove 



Age of 

 Grove 



Acres 



•2.50 



2.70 



.48 



.60 



2.40 



5.00 



40.00 



1.60 



.70 



2 80 



2.30 



2.00 



4.00 



10.00 



2.20 



Dominant Tree8| 



Aver- 

 age Di- 

 ameter 

 Breast- 

 high 



Yield Per Acre 



Years 

 16 

 18 

 18 

 22 

 22 

 23 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 26 

 26 

 29 

 31 

 35 

 36 



Inches 

 6.6 

 9.8 

 8.5 

 Ji.4 

 10.8 

 13.8 

 12.1 

 12.4 

 11.2 

 11.7 

 14.2 

 12 

 11.0 

 18.7 

 13.8 



UPLAND. 



Plantation No. 2. — This plantation is situated on land that is subject 

 to overflow in wet seasons, and for this reason is especially adapted to 

 the growing of trees. The altitude is approximately 1,500 feet. The 

 soil is a rich, sandy loam and very deep. 



The ground was put in a good state of cultivation just before it was 

 planted, and the trees were set in furrows, 1-year-old seedlings being 

 used. The spacing was 8 by 12 feet, thus requiring 454 trees per acre. A 

 crop of corn was grown between the rows the first year, and the trees 

 have never received any further cultivation. No data could be obtained 

 on the returns from this crop, but it safe to assume that it met the 

 expense of the cultivation, which is therefore omitted in calculating the 

 cost. The grove has never been pastured, and only the dead or dying 

 trees have been cut out from time to time. 



The trees are tall, straight, and thrifty. Owing to wide spacing, the 

 stems are branchy. Of the present stand of trees 77 per cent will class 

 as dominant and the remainder as intermediate. The ground is covered 

 with a fairly dense stand of weeds and grass. 



No data could be obtained on the cost of establishing this plantation. 



