s 



Qroicing Forest Trees in Western Nebraska 



in 1907, and contained the maximum amount of water when the 

 trees were planted both in 1907 and 1908. 



AREA. An area of about twenty-five acres is devoted to for 

 estry purposes, and this is divided approximately as follows: 

 (1) bench land, ten acres ; (2) table-land, ten acres ; (3) canyons, 

 five acres. 



ELEVATION. The elevation of the Substation above sea level 



Fig. 5. Black Locust grove on bench land. Planted 1907. Trees being 

 killed by borers, October, 1912. 



is 2,822 feet. The bench land upon which the trees are planted 

 is approximately twenty-five feet higher, or 2,850 feet. The "table- 

 land" is the highest land on the Substation farm and is about 

 175 feet higher than the "bench land." The surface of the 

 "table-land" is generally level. 



