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YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



average and a similar area of the best trees were measured, and show 

 the following averages: 



Growth and products of Black Walnut, one-half acre. 



In the case of average growth, each tree would furnish, on an aver- 

 age, 12 posts, besides some wood. The 59 trees together would furnish 

 708 posts, worth, at 10 cents each, $70.80, an acreage value of $283.20. 

 In the case of best growth, each tree would furnish 20 posts, with some 

 wood. The entire quarter acre (60 trees) would furnish 1,200 posts, 

 worth $120, giving an acreage value of $480. Enough wood has been 

 cut to pay for the planting and cultivation, and the wood obtained 

 from the remaining trees would pay for cutting the posts. The value 

 of the posts, therefore, would be the net value of the grove. Per acre 

 this value is, for the average part $283.20, and for the best part $480. 



For post production other timbers, such as Black Locust, Hardy 

 Catalpa, Red Cedar, Russian Mulberry, and Osage Orange are in many 

 portions of the State more valuable than Black Walnut. 



ESTHETIC VALUE OF PLANTED TIMBER IN NEBRASKA. 



On account of its high value in general utility and commerce the 

 planted timber of Nebraska has a good influence upon the social well- 

 being of the State. It gives pleasure because it contributes so much 

 to the comfort and prosperity of the people. 



Nebraska farmers know that their pleasant home surroundings are 

 largely the result of their own labors. They have changed the wild 

 prairie into 1 productive farms, and in the midst of barrenness have 

 reared comfortable homes and surrounded them with trees, until the 

 whole State is a picture of rural comfort. The beauty of the State, 

 like its resources, has been developed by slow, painstaking work. 

 It is inevitable that after creating so much of their State's value 

 and attractiveness Nebraska people should be alert for its further 

 development. 



The planted timber contributes to the social well-being of the people 

 also through the real pleasure it gives them. It benefits young and 

 old alike. The children love the walnuts, the maples, and the elms 

 that stand in their father's dooiyard. They sport in their shade and 

 clamber among their branches. Their fancy and aspirations are often 

 stirred by their lofty tops as by nothing else. From the trees them- 

 selves more than from books or lectures the children learn the value 



