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YIELD FROM EUCALYPTUS 



SUMMABY. 



Age, 8 years. Sprouts. 



Volume per acre, 3,888.8 cubic feet, which is equal to 43.2 standard cords, or 57.6 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 5,740 board feet* 



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

 2,308.4 cubic feet, equal to 25.6 standard cords, or 34.2 California cords. 



JEWETT GROVE. 

 Located near Elmira, Solano County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age About 35 years. 



Elevation About 75 feet. 



Soil Very fertile clayey loam. 



Water table 25 to 30 feet deep. 



Area of grove Originally about 5 acres, but most of it is cut over. 



Spacing 10 by 10 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 180 by 60 feet. About ten years ago 200 



trees we're cut in this grove. The sample plot was 

 located so as to exclude the cut area. 



Information in regard to age of the grove obtained from Mrs. Jewett, the present 

 owner. When the Jewetts came to this place, twenty-five years ago, the trees were 

 already of good size. Mr. McCrory, an old settler in the vicinity, thinks that the 

 trees were set out about thirty-five years ago. 



YIELD. 



SUMMARY. 



Age, about 35 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 10,377.2 cubic feet, which is equal to 115.3 standard cords, or 

 153.7 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 36,020 board feet* 



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

 1,480.8 cubic feet, equal to 16.5 standard cords, or 21.9 California cords. 



"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. 



