PLANTATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 35- 



SUMMARY. 



Age, 8 or 9 years. Sprouts. 



Volume per acre, 3,530 cubic feet, which is equal to 39.2 standard cords, or 52.3 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 4,080 board feet.* 



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

 2,392.0 cubic feet, equal to 26.6 standard cords, or 35.5 California cords. 



THAXTER GROVE. 



Located about a quarter of a mile west of Nadeau, on the Pacific Electric car line from Los 

 Angeles, Los Angeles County. 



Species Blue gum. Sprouts. 



Age 11 to 13 years. Planted originally twenty to twenty- 

 five years ago. 



Elevation About 150 feet. 



Soil Light loamy sand. 



Water table Originally 16 feet deep, but in the last few years 



about 30 feet deep. 



Area of grove 8 to 10 acres. 



Spacing 8 by 8 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 100 by 109 feet. 



Information in regard to age of the grove and time of cutting obtained from Mrs, 



Annette Thaxter, the present owner. 



YIELD. 



SUMMAEY. 



Age, 11 to 13 years. Sprouts. 



Volume per acre, 1,642.8 cubic feet, which is equal to 18.2 standard cords, or 24.3- 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 1,240 board feet* 



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

 1,318.0 cubic feet, equal to 14.6 standard cords, or 19.5 California cords. 



THAXTER GROVE. 



Located near Nadeau Station, on the Pacific Electric car line from Los Angeles, Los Angeles 



County. 



Species Blue gum. Sprouts. 



Age 13 to 20 years. Planted originally about thirty years 



ago. Cutting in this grove extended from 1890 to 



the winter of 1897. 



Elevation About 150 feet. 



Soil Very light loamy sand. 



Water table 30 to 35 feet deep. 



Area of grove About 5 acres. 



Spacing Originally 10 by 10 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 100 by 109 feet. 



*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. 



