FORESTRY MANUAL. 31 



IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS OTTERED FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF FOREST TREE 



PLANTING. 



Tiie following premiums are offered to encourage the planting of trees 

 in permanent timber plantations or belts ; the number of trees living to be 

 ascertained by actual count between the 15th of September and the 10th of 

 October, each year. The awards of the premium to depend upon a full com- 

 pliance with the rules appended to the schedule of premiums. 

 For the greatest number planted in groves ; intrinsic value of spe- 

 cies considered $ 40 00 



Second greatest number 25 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



For the greatest number of evergreens and larch in plantations or 



belts 20 00 



Second greatest number 15 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



For the greatest number of ash trees 20 00 



Second greatest number 15 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



The greatest number of nut-bearing trees, including oaks 20 00 



Second greatest number 15 00 



Third greatest number •. 10 00 



For the greatest number of Black wild cherry, elm, box-elder, 



birch, or Catalpa Speciosa 20 00 



Second greatest number 15 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



For the greatest number of cottonwood, basswood, willow, maple, 



and other soft-wooded trees 20 00 



Second greatest number 15 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



For the greatest number of Honey locust (from seed grown on thorn- 

 less trees is preferable) 20 00 



Second greatest number •. 15 00 



Third greatest number 10 00 



REGULATIONS. 



1st. Persons competing for premiums must designate the class for which 

 they compete ; as, for greatest number of soft-wooded trees, greatest num- 

 ber evergreens, larch, etc. A plantation may consist of a single variety 

 enumerated, or any number of the kinds mentioned. 



2d. Additional plantations must be made for each separate entry for pre- 

 miums. In other words, a person awarded a premium in one class will not 

 be entitled to premium on same trees in another class. 



3d. The plantations competing for these premiums must be made with 

 rooted seedlings or plants, with the exceptions here mentioned : Of willows 

 and soft-wooded trees, growing readily from cuttings, strong cuttings may 



