YIELD FROM EUCALYPTUS 



MCDONALD GROVE. 



Located about one mile from Railroad Station, El Cajon, San Diego County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 30 years. 



Soil A fine grained, rather loose, loamy sand. 



Water table 12 to 15 feet. 



Area of grove This grove has an area of about 5 acres and is in the 



form of a shelter belt about 200 feet wide, forming 

 three sides of a rectangle. A part of it has been 

 cut over. The sample plots were taken in the uncut 

 portion. 



Spacing 10 by 10 feet. 



Sample plot Two sample plots. % acre each. 



Information in regard to age of the grove obtained from Mr. Dodson of El Cajon. 



YIELD. 



SUMMARY. 



Age, 30 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 4,056.4 cubic feet, which is equal to 45.1 standard cords, or 60.1 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 10,160 board feet.* 



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

 1,341.0 cubic feet, equal to 14.9 standard cords, or 19.9 California cords. 



THEREFALL GROVE. 

 Located about three miles from Railroad Station, Newark, Alameda County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 32 years. 



Elevation About 50 feet. 



Soil Adobe loam. 



Water table 14 to 15 feet deep. 



Area of grove 7 acres. 



Spacing 6 by 6 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 109 by 100 feet. 



Information in regard to age of the grove obtained from the manager of the Pacific 

 Land Investment Co., the present owners. 



*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. 



