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is unsatisfactory. Along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers it is 

 found in draws leading down to the streams, where branches have 

 been cut through the bluffs. These draws contain a considerable 

 quantity of walnut which may be regarded as here marking the most 

 northerly limit of growth in commercial amounts. 



Missouri. — Missouri ranks first in the amount of its standing wal- 

 nut. The distribution of the walnut is somewhat uneven on account 

 of the diverse topographic, soil, and climatic conditions. North of 

 the Missouri River these conditions resemble those of Iowa, and the 

 river bottoms and moist draws support relatively large stands of 

 walnut in mixture with oaks, elm, hackberry, and, sometimes, along 

 larger streams, cottonwood. The quality is good, although the trees 

 do not, as a rule, reach a very large size. South of the Missouri 

 River, in the western part of the State not included in the Ozark 

 Hills, the conditions are more like those of eastern Kansas, and the 

 proportion of walnut to other hardwoods is even greater. The third 

 division of Missouri — the Ozark region — occupies most of the State 

 south of the Osage River. Here walnut is found everywhere in the 

 bottom-land forests, though rarely in pure groves. On the slopes 

 and uplands it is absent. In the aggregate there is a large amount 

 still standing in the Ozark region, and in more remote districts there 

 is doubtless much excellent stuff, for even at the height of the war 

 demand walnut was seldom cut farther than 20 miles from the rail- 

 roads. There are probably 2,200 square miles of this more remote 

 section from which only the best veneer logs have been removed. 

 Under present market and labor conditions this region is virtually 

 inaccessible. The fourth region is the heavily wooded southeast 

 portion of the State from St. Louis southward, comprising the 

 Mississippi bottom lands. Walnut is found here, scattered through 

 the bottom-land hardwood forest, but in quantities too small for 

 general commercial exploitation. 



Nebraska. — In the southeast corner oi the State there is a great 

 deal of walnut along stream bottoms, but north of the Platte it is 

 less abundant, and is found in commercial amounts chiefly near the 

 Missouri River in draws where creeks break through the bluffs. 



Kansas. — In eastern Kansas walnut is a very prominent constituent 

 of the bottom-land forests for long distances, frequently composing 

 30 per cent of the stand. It is nearly always associated with elm and 

 is usually second in importance to this tree, which extends to drier 

 lands than the walnut. Hackberry is very frequent, and bur oak, 

 white oak, and many other species may also be found in smaller 

 amounts. Occasionally the stand will be pure walnut over areas of 

 5 to 20 acres, but mixed stands are the rule- Walnut is sometimes 

 found on the northern slopes of the river bluffs among oaks and elms, 

 usually where the slope is gentle and the soil is deep, especially near 



