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to the soil and was planted as a nurse crop, to be removed when 

 the plantation needs thinning. The locust at that time should be 

 of sufficient size to have some commercial value. 



No account was kept of the items of expense of this tract prior 

 to 1910. The items of expense for the present year are as follows : 



Preparation of ground, 3,562 locust seedlings and planting $22 68 



Four plowings and hoeings 13 12 



Total $3G 10 



The locust seedlings practically all grew and did fairly well, 

 considering the dry season and that they were set late in the sea- 

 son on account of the wet spring. 



Forest Cleaning. 



Very little forest cleaning was done during the year. All 

 that was done was near the administration building and along 

 the roads at odd times by the custodian and teamster. About one 

 hundred and fifty dollars was spent in cleaning and grubbing the 

 old fields for the fall and spring planting. 



Insects. 



The insect damage this year was of little consequence. 



The tract of Kentucky coffeenut was attacked by the blister 

 beetle about the middle of July and was partially defoliated. The 

 injury was so late in the growing season as to be of little damage, 

 since, by actual measurement, it was found that the coffeenut had 

 completed its growth by the first of June. 



Last year, in September, many of the beetles (Xyloryctes 

 satyrus) burrowed into the ground at the base of the ash trees 

 in Tracts 1-A and 1-B. It was anticipated that the larvae would 

 attack the roots of the trees, but this year no trace of either larvae 

 or adults has been seen. The ground around the trees was bare, 

 and it may be that the beetles perished during the winter. 



The larvae of a species of Datana partially defoliated tlie 

 pecan last year, but they did not appear this year. 



A blight suddenly appeared in the tract of chestnut in June 

 and several of the trees were partially killed before it ceased. 



This year the catalpa sphinx appeared about June 15th in 

 Tracts 40 and 42, and in the fall in Tract 33. The second brood 

 appeared about September 15th. The damage was slight, since 



