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The second example is that of a small grove of 48-year-old walnut 

 mixed with younger trees of other species, in Hendricks County, Incl. 

 The grove occupies six-tenths of an acre and is in a pasture adjoin- 

 ing a mixed hardwood stand of shagbark and bitternut hickory, 

 white oak, elm, sycamore, and an occasional black walnut. This 

 grove apparently illustrates the invasion of meadowland by the 

 forest, in the progress of whicn walnut was the leader, the associated 

 species being mostly young trees which came in after the Avalnut was 

 established. The stand is still too small to show a large yield in 

 board feet. (See Table 8.) 



Table 8. 



Diameter 

 breast high. 



Number of trees 

 per acre. 



Walnut 



yield 

 per acre. 



Walnut. 



Other 

 species. 1 



Inches. 

 Below 8. . . 

 8 to 10... . 

 10 to 12.... 

 12 to 14.... 

 14 to 16.... 

 16 to 18.... 

 18 to 20.... 



Total.. 



5.2 

 8.6 

 6.9 



10.4 



8.6 



15.5 

 3.4 

 1.7 



10.4 



Board 

 feet. 









344 



483 

 187 



6.9 

 1.7 









48.3 | 31.0 



1,014 



1 Elm, shagbark, white oak, bitternut, and hackberry, in the order of abundance. 



Another stand of much the same form was found in Hendricks 

 County, Ind., growing under similar conditions in a pastured area. 

 Originally this stand fringed a mixed hardwood stand very similar 

 to the previous example, but the timber has been largely removed. 

 This walnut stand is not quite pure, but has a slight admixture of 

 hickory, oak, and Kentucky coffeetree, along with seedlings of ash 

 and Kentucky coffeetree. There is an excellent sod, and the area is 

 grazed by cattle. The walnut stand occupies half an acre. The age 

 of the stand is not known, but it is evident that it is still immature 

 and will have a very much greater value in 20 or 30 years. (See 

 Table 9.) 



Another walnut grove in Jefferson County, Kans., shows that 

 stands of this kind are by no means limited to the Ohio Valley. 

 This stand, which is about 60 years old, and nearly even aged, is 

 located on the bottom lands of Cedar Creek, on an area of about 15 

 acres, bounded on the south by Cedar Creek and on the north by corn 

 land. This land is subject to overflow for a few days in exceptional 

 years, but usually it is above high water. The soil is a deep, dark 

 loam, which gives excellent corn yields in the adjoining fields. The 

 stand has not been grazed, and there is a considerable amount of 



