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whose farm is situated 3i miles southwest of Plattsmouth, has given 

 the results from a 3-acre Cotton wood grove (see PL XII) planted in 

 1860. This grove was planted for general purposes. Its use for 

 wind-break, shade, and ornament has fully repaid for the labor and 

 cost of establishing it. Its commercial value, as represented in the 

 following statement, is to be considered as additional to its utility value: 



Remits from a 3-acre Cottonwood grove planted in 1860. 

 Cost: 



Land, at $10 per acre $30. 00 



Preparing land for planting 3. 00 



Seedlings 15.00 



Planting 4. 50 



Four years' cultivation 30. 00 



Sawing 16,000 feet, at $7.50 per thousand 120. 00 



Total cost.. 202.50 



Proceeds: 



80 cords wood, at $1.25 net 100. 00 



16,000 feet lumber, at $13 208. 00 



15 cords wood from tops, at $1 15. 00 



50 cords wood still standing, worth $1.25 per cord 62. 50 



Present value of land, at $60 per acre 180. 00 



Total proceeds 565. 50 



RECAPITULATION. 



Total proceeds $565. 50 



Total cost, exclusive of interest on investment 202. 50 





Net increase 363. 00 



Return less increased value of land 213. 00 



Net annual profit 5. 32 



The trees were planted 8 by 8 feet, and up to the time of cutting 

 some firewood had been obtained from the broken limbs and dead 

 trees. Use of the land for pasturage, Mr. Cole thinks, would offset 

 the taxes. Part of the lumber was used to build a barn, the rest sold 

 at the price given $13 per thousand feet. 



There are many instances, especially in eastern Nebraska, of Cotton- 

 wood trees in general-purpose plantations- giving returns equal to or 

 exceeding these when sawn into lumber. 



As an illustration of the growth and products of Black Walnut as a 

 planted tree, the grove of Mrs. Kiser, 3 miles southwest of Mynard, 

 Cass County, may be mentioned. The grove, which is about 35 years 

 old, and consists of 8 acres in the form of a shelter belt around the 

 farmstead, was planted originally 8 by 8 feet. On account of thin- 

 ning and the dy ing out of some of the trees, the stand has become 

 irregular. The growth is also uneven, owing to inequality of the soil 

 and to the pasturage of part of the grove. One-fourth acre of the 



