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tained for many years. A large proportion of the trees planted 

 have good form, and they are strong in stem and branch, not 

 often injured by wind or ice storms. 



At the Ogallah Station a considerable number of honey lo- 

 custs have been planted in the older groves and along the 

 woods, and where given good care the records are very satis- 

 factory. Many of these trees have reached a height of twenty 

 feet and a diameter of five inches in fifteen years. 



PLATE 16. Honey locust at Ogallah Station. 



In a demonstration block planted eighteen years ago and 

 neglected for so long a time that the buffalo sod had gained a 

 secure foothold the honey locust has made a very creditable 

 growth. The best trees have reached a height of twenty-three 

 feet and a diameter of six inches. At Dodge City the honey 

 locust trees have done very well indeed. Some few trees have 

 been the victims of some over-zealous pruner. Robbed of the 

 foliage that nature had provided to protect the trunks, the hot 

 sun has scalded the bark on the south and west sides of the 

 tree. After the bark has been scalded borers find conditions 

 favorable for their development and a few trees of this species, 

 usually fairly free from such injury, have been killed by the 

 combination of too heavy pruning, sun-scald and borers. The 

 greater number of the honey locust trees at Dodge City have 

 made very satisfactory growth. The best trees are thirty-five 



