UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 933 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 WILLIAM B. GREELEY, Forester 



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Washington, D. G. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



March 8, 1921 



BLACK WALNUT 

 ITS GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT 



By 

 F. S. BAKER, Forest Examiner 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Distribution of Walnut 2 



Supply 6 



Description of the Tree 15 



Silvical Characteristics IS 



Growth of Individual Trees 22 



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 Growth of Stands (yield per acre) .... 26 

 Measuring Logs and Estimating Standing 



Timber 28 



Walnut Plantations '. . 31 



Establishing Walnut Plantations 40 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1921 



