CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction - 5 



The region 5 



Topography - 5 



Soil 5 



Climate - - 6 



Purpose of forest planting '. 



Protection - 7 



Commercial planting 8 



Ornamental planting 9 



What to plant .' 9 



North Platte Valley , 9 



South Platte Valley 10 



Species for experiment - 10 



Species best adapted to different uses - 10 



Fuel ... 10 



Fence posts 10 



Farm repairs 11 



Windbreaks and shelterbelts 11 



Ornamental planting 11 



Establishment of plantations 11 



Plant material 11 



Planting 12 



Spacing 13 



Mixtures 13 



Cultivation 14 



Irrigation 14 



Protection 15 



Thinning = 15 



Notes on species 15 



Green ash 15 



Honey locust 15 



Black locust 15 



White elm 16 



Hackberry 16 



Cottonwood 16 



Carolina poplar 17 



Lombardy poplar 17 



White poplar 17 



Willows 17 



Boxelder 18 



Russian olive - 18 



Buffalo berry 18 



Silver maple 18 



Hardy catalpa 18 



Western yellow pine 19 



Jack pine 19 



Rocky Mountain juniper 19 



Blue spruce 20 



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