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Hackberry. 

 Honey locust. 

 Osage orange. 

 Russian wild olive. 

 Green ash. 



For planting on loam soil in valley lands along the water- 

 courses or in ravines, the cottonwood, black walnut, and Ken- 

 tucky coffee tree may be added to the above list. 



For planting in light sandy soil, such as sand dunes or in 

 sandy river valley soil, the following are satisfactory : 



Red cedar. 

 Austrian pine. 

 Western yellow pine. 

 Scotch pine. 

 Jack pine. 



In sandy loam soil the cottonwood, osage orange, and Rus- 

 sian mulberry may be added to the above list. 



The boxelder, soft maple, Carolina poplar, and others of 

 the more rapidly growing species are omitted from this list be- 

 cause they are at best but short-lived in this section. They 

 reach their development in about fifteen or twenty years, and 

 then die. Whenever these species are planted they should be 

 in a mixture with some of the longer-lived species, such as the 

 white elm, hackberry, honey locust, and Russian wild olive. 

 These trees, while slower in their development, will attain 

 sufficient size to occupy the ground fully and take the place of 

 the shorter-lived trees by the time the latter begin to die. 



The State Forestry Nursery.* 



Because of the insistent and growing demand from the peo- 

 ple of the western part of the state, the department of forestry 

 of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station has estab- 

 lished a state forest nursery at the Fort Hays Branch Ex- 

 periment Station, Hays, Kan. 



The purpose of this nursery is to supply stock suitable for 

 planting in western Kansas. When the trees produced here 

 reach sufficient size they are sold to the actual planters at cost 

 of production. The price of this stock varies with the species, 

 age, grade, and season. 



* The state forest nursery is under immediate supervision of J. W. Preston. Much 

 of the success of the undertaking is due to his skillful and efficient work. 



