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type of forest being cut off iu that region for mine props. 

 The soil was a yellow grav silt loam, average corn land. 



Average number of trees per acre 197 



Xnmber 3 inches in diameter or less 62 



Stand per acre 3,018 board feet. 



Per cent of species. 



White oak 65.67o 



Black oak 28.1% 



Red oak 1.77o 



Hickory 1.8% 



Cherry* 1 



Basswood \- 2.6% 



Bur oak j 



Total .... 100.0% 



Tract C. Ravine forest — Indian creek. (Serena Town- 

 ship, Sec. 28). 



A strip was run for eight chains down a ravine and 

 across a small brook to get some idea of the timber on rongh 

 land along small streams. The tally sheet showed that on 

 the ravine sides, where conditions were more mesophytic, 

 black oak gave way to red oak. with an occasional hard 

 maple. Red oak being a fast grower and the ground too 

 rough for tillage it would not pay to pasture such places 

 but to leave them in timber. In the bottom were found a 

 few black cherry, walnut and ash trees. 



Average number of trees per acre 183 



Volume per acre 3,379 board feet. 



Composition of stand 



White oak 20.2% 



Red oak 17.0% 



Bur oak 11.7% 



Miscellaneous 9.4% 



Total .... 100.07o 



Tract D. Woodland Pasture. (Peru Township, Sec. 32). 



This was an excellent example of the woodland pasture in 

 La Salle county, being of about 10 acres in extent and of an 

 open park-like appearance. It has been constantly pas- 



