APPENDIX B 



any sandhill property and did not know where to turn 

 to find a tract which could be turned over to Doctor 

 Fernow's use. I expressed myself rather emphatically 

 as I walked up and down the corridor in Nebraska 

 Hall, and finally when I stepped into Professor Brun- 

 er's office (then in Nebraska Hall), he promptly said 

 to me that he thought he could furnish the sandhills 

 such as Doctor Fernow required. A little inquiry de- 

 veloped the fact that Professor Bruner and his brothers 

 had taken up some land in southwestern Holt County, 

 and it turned out to be right in the sandhill country. 

 Accordingly I was able to answer Doctor Fernow's 

 challenge by saying that if he sent on his trees they 

 would be cared for. He did so rather late in the 

 spring, and Professor Bruner's brother took charge of 

 the work under the direction of Doctor Fernow. The 

 plans for the planting were made by Doctor Fernow 

 and followed in the planting. Several plats were laid 

 out and treated somewhat differently. One of the plats 

 was plowed up in the usual way and the planting made 

 on the plowed land. The other plats were merely fur- 

 rowed at the time of the planting, the trees being 

 planted in the bottom of the narrow furrow made by 

 running a plow through the sod at the time of planting. 

 After the planting had been done reports were made 

 for several years as to the condition of the trees. At 

 the end of the first year no trees were left on the plat 

 which had been plowed up, as the wind blew away all 

 the sand and left nothing but a "blow out." On the 

 other plats the western yellow pine and the jack pine 

 trees survived, and the reports were favorable. After 



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