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twenty feet apart. Since then they 

 have been cut out and others planted, 

 so as to c^et them into clumps. Several 

 locust plantations were made, in fields 

 outside of the "House Lot." These 

 were cut at the proper size to make 

 posts, and would have kept up a con- 

 tinuous crop, except that cattle were 

 allowed to graze among them and all the 

 suckers were killed. In the "House 

 Lot " no pasturing has ever been done. 

 The data I give with this may prove 

 interesting to any one contemplating 

 starting a plantation, as showing what 

 can be accomplished with the various 

 species of trees in a given number of 

 years. 



The first planting was done in 1822, 

 when, on October 12 and 16, there were 

 planted four thousand chestnuts (the 



A YHI.LOW POPLAR PLANTED IN 1822, 

 DIAMETKR NOW 48 INCHES. 



RED OAK PLANTED IN 1822, AT PRESENT 

 24 INCHES IN DIAMETKR. 



nuts). This grove has been cut over 

 from time to time for rails, and tliere is 

 now some decay. Last winter two trees 

 from this planting made three hundred 

 eleven-foot rails. There remain now 

 seventy trees; forty of them are of the 

 original planting, the remainder second 

 and third growth. The originals aver- 

 age thirty inches in diameter and run 

 up sixty feet without a limb ; the other 

 trees average fifteen inches in diameter. 

 The trees were planted six feet apart 

 each way, in rows. 



/<S22. In the spring of this year 

 there were planted a number of Yellow 

 Poplars. Red Oaks, White Ash, Maples, 

 Hemlocks, and Catalpas. All but the 

 Catalpas came from near-b\- woods. 

 The result todav is as follows : 



