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Farlington plantation, near Farlington, Kan., owned by the 'Frisco 

 system, has 640 acres, planted between '79 and '82. Trees planted 

 four by four feet. Not regularly thinned or pruned ; consequently 

 trees have not made proper development. Thinning now going on, 

 and plantation may yet be successful. 



The Tincher plantation of sixty acres, near Wilsey, Kan., is suc- 

 cessful and promising, producing in some parts of the plantation 

 2000 posts per acre, at ten cents each. Trees well pruned and prop- 

 erly thinned. A commercial success. Soil, upland prairie. 



The Yaggy plantation, situated in the Arkansas river valley, near 

 Hutchinson, Kan. About 500 acres in trees. Conditions of this 

 plantation better adapted for growth of catalpa than those of any 

 other in the state. Cropped entirely for posts. Trees in splendid 

 condition, and the plantation a decided success. 



8. Cost and Profits. Cost and profits in catalpa-growing depend 

 on local conditions. Careful estimates based on the Yaggy forest 

 give total cost of growing and marketing timber on one acre for ten 

 years as $51.70; gross value of product in ten years, $267.15; net 

 profit, $215.45; net profit, less six per cent, compound interest on ex- 

 penditures, $197.55 per acre; net annual profit for first ten years, $19. 75; 

 owner's estimate of present gross value of product (three years later 

 than above valuation) $400 per acre; annual income of plantation at 

 present, as estimated by owner, $50 per acre. 



