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Both of the poplar groves are on the east side of Owens River 

 on very poor sites and they have received no care for many years. 



The Eaton locust grove has been neglected for over 20 years, 

 and there is a hardpan within two feet of the surface at this 

 place. No very good results can be expected on such sites. 



The trees in the Collins and Clark groves were cut five years 

 ago and the sprouts are very thrifty. The Collins grove comprises 

 six acres and was established in 1886. Seven years ago every 

 other row was cut out and over $1200 worth of posts obtained. 

 Three years later the remaining rows were cut and still larger 

 returns secured. No record was kept of the number of posts 

 secured from the Clark grove. 



The Baker grove, which is on a particularly good site, produced 

 $470 worth of fence posts and telegraph poles per acre in 20 

 years. 



The Eight-Mile locust grove comprises 10 acres, being the 

 largest grove in Owens Valley. This grove has been well cared 

 for and shows what can be expected from well managed Black 

 locust groves in Owens Valley. It is 22 years old and the trees 

 average 6.6 inches D. B. H. and 48 feet in height. Several years 

 ago the city of Los Angeles offered $10,000.00 for the trees in 

 this grove but the owner would not accept this price. It is evi- 

 dent that the establishments of such groves on favorable sites is a 

 profitable investment. 



Forest Service Planting. — The four plantations established by 

 the Forest Service in the spring of 1911 are located in the eastern 

 foothills of the Sierra Nevadas at elevations of from 4700 feet 

 to 6400 feet. These plantations were established at ranger sta- 

 tions so that they could be given the necessary care. The subse- 

 quent abandonment of one of the stations and the lack of water 

 for irrigation at another, caused the failure of two of the planta- 

 tions. At the present time the only successful plantation is the 

 one at Wells Meadows. At this place 44 per cent of the trees are 

 alive and many of them are over 6 feet in height. Similar results 

 were obtained at McMurry Meadows, but last fall cattle broke 

 down the fences and damaged practically every tree. The trees 

 at that time were 4 to 7 feet in height. About 15 per cent of these 

 trees are alive and it is probable that most of them will sprout. 



In this experiment 4360 seedlings of various species and 2,000 

 cuttings of poplar and willow were planted. The species planted 



