FORESTS IN THE SAND HILLS 



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JACK PINE PLANTATION 

 Established in 1911 in Nebraska Forest. The rows of jack pine are now rapidly closlns. Yellow pine planted in 1911 in the foreground. 



tioned, indicates that three or four posts can be cut from 

 each tree twenty-five years after planting. If 800 trees 

 per acre reach maturity out of 1,500 planted and posts are 

 worth four cents each on the stump, receipts from the 

 sale of the posts would amount to $128. Assuming a 

 cost of $16.00 per acre for planting and that it costs 15 

 cents annually per acre for protection on this intensively 



has an annual output of from one and a half to two mil- 

 lion trees. Western yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) and 

 jack pine {Pinus divaricate) are the most successful trees 

 for this region, many others having been tried out and 

 found not suited. Seed is sowed in the nursery in beds 

 four feet wide and the little trees grow here for two 

 years. Then they are transplanted or set out in nursery 



YELLOW PINE PLANTED IN 1909 

 A high survival has resulted and the trees are making a wonderful growth. This is also in Nebraska Forest. 



managed tract and compounding these costs for the 

 period, net receipts of $8y.oo result, or $3.56 per acre 

 annually for each year of the life of the stand. This is 

 a much higher return than can be secured from this 

 land when used for grazing cattle. 



In 1903 a nursery was started near Halsey, which now 



rows for another year's additional growth before they 

 are ready to plant in the hills. 



The success of the work near Halsey resulted in 

 Nebraska people requesting Congress to establish a nur- 

 sery and to extend forestation work to the Niobrara 

 Division of the Forest. A site was secured on the 



