THE BILTMORE FOREST PAIR 



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T" |k|«^ 00 ^''^°''' ^^^ ™^<* ^t S'gn N°- 32, western 

 |||J I^U, Ob I^ouglas Fir (red labels) was planted in 

 1897, also Colorado Blue Spruce (blue 

 labels), European Spruce (yellow labels). Silver Fir (white labels). 

 Watch the superiority of the White Pine over the foreigners of 

 the same age! 



Above the road, there is an extensive plantation of rather 

 unusual development, made on a poor, stony, barren field aban- 

 doned by the farmer when it was covered with sedge grass. 

 We planted as follows : 



A. In Fall 1896: 



43 bushels White Oak acorns 

 10 bushels Chestnut Oak acorns 

 4 bushels Buckeye 

 ^ bushel Chestnuts 

 16 bushels Hickory nuts. 



The expense of this stunt was 



for seeds 



for ploughing 



for planting 



$62.17 

 17.05 

 32.05 



Total $111.27 



B. In Spring 1897 : 



22,500 Black Locusts, 1 year old, worth 

 3,500 Black Cherries, 2 " 

 2,000 Black Cherries, 3 " 

 2,000 Basswood 2 " 



2,500 Sugar Maple 5 " 



2,000 Black Walnuts 2 " 

 6,000 Hickory (ovata) 2 " 

 2,000 Hickory (alba) 2 " 

 1,000 White Pines 2 " 



1,000 Buckeye 1 " 



The expense of ploughing the furrows into which the seed- 

 lings were placed was $30.90; the expense of planting the seedr 

 lings $62.90; and the expense of hauling, etc., Was $36.57. 



$36.00 

 6.00 

 8.02 



10.00 

 9.25 

 6.50 



20.10 



2.20 



.35 



3.55 



