PLANTATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



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YIELD. 



SUMMAEY. 



Age, 22 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 12,672.0 cubic feet, which is equal to 140.8 standard cords, or 

 187.7 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 37,800 board feet.* 



Volume of merchantable tops, including the trees too small to scale, per acre, 

 3,143.6 cubic feet, equal to 34.9 standard cords, or 46.6 California cords. 



WINDERMERE GROVE. 

 Located between Santa Fe Springs and La Mirada, Los Angeles County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 16 years. 



Elevation About 100 feet. 



Soil Rather light sandy loam. 



Water table -About 10 feet deep. 



Area of grove About 4 acres, but most of it is cut over. Sample 



plot was taken in the uncut portion. 



Spacing 8 by 8 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 54 by 100 feet. 



Information in regard to the age of the grove obtained from Mr. R. C. McGill, 

 manager of the Windermere Ranch. 



YIELD. 



*The volume given in board feet is not in addition to the volume stated in cubic feet 

 and in cords, but is simply another way of expressing the same total. 



