14 FORESTRY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
Garfield, the next point, is 43 miles west of Ellinwood; elevation, 2,100 feet; soil, 
light loam. The following trees are growing here: 
Cottonwood; 20 to:30 feet high tis 3422 [y<secbe Seep eae See ee eee 4, 000 
Box-elder,. 12 to' 15 feet high vot Foo ce ssl ee ne pee eee ese ee Bees 2 2,700 
Ailanthus, 15 to ls feet highs 2). 32 288 cos eee eee es 5, 000 
Black walnnt, 12 te toifeet high... 2c. <. 222 sess eno ees ee oda ate eee Bee 4, 000 
Soft: maple, 12'to lotesp highs 1.522.325 2. kee oe oe eee ee 800- 
Catalpa,. 10*to 14 feetchiph:. 02.225) sce dh ieee be a ete ee See ee 500 
Honey locust, 15\40\20 feet high’ <2: .2uj23.cecs cee sees eee ee eee \Soseie 400 
Green: ashy8; tovl 2 feetunio ho: (5.2. Uer: = eee eet ope ee es eae eee 2, 000 
Gray willow; °20.to0:25 feet high’ 5... oso ese aces pe ee eee ee eee 200 
The above is a brief description of the results of our work down to the present 
time. All of these trees have been grown from seeds and cuttings. The conditions have 
been such as to put the trees to severe tests. There has been no extra work done 
with them. They have been simply planted and cultivated well. It has been stated 
that we irrigated a part of our ground. This is notthe case. Our trees never received 
any water except what fell from the clouds. All of these trees at the present time 
show a promising and healthy appearance, with all prospects of making a rapid and 
mature growth in the future. This work has demonstrated beyond any question of 
doubt that trees will grow here with all success whenever planted intelligently and 
cultivated and taken care of as they should be. 
It will be seen that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Company went 
no further than experiment to demonstrate that the growth of trees was 
possible in the region traversed by its line. The same was true of the 
Kansas Pacific, now the Kansas Division of the Union Pacific. Several 
experimental gardens or nurseries were started under the direction of 
the company, but abandoned years ago. Settlers in the same counties 
where these experimental groves were planted, have, on hundreds of 
timber claims, settled the point at issue. 
The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, in Nebraska, carried on 
some experiments for a short time, in the way of planting trees along 
cuts for snow fences. Byers 
The Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company has en- 
tered upon the work of forestry proper, that is, the raising of trees 
for actual use. 
R. Douglas & Son, of Waukegan, Ill., have a contract with this rail- 
road, which runs from Kansas City south, in Kansas, near the line of 
Missouri, to and beyond Fort Scott, Kans., to plant two sections of 
land in trees. One of these is located at Farlington, and the other at 
Hunnewell, near by. These places are about 125 miles south of Kansas 
City, Mo. Of the Farlington plantation Mr. Douglas, under date of 
October 24, 1882, writes: 
Three hundred and twenty acres are planted, and we are now planting 180 acres 
more. That will be finished before winter sets in, or before April 1, 1883. The plan- 
tation consists of catalpa (speciosa), with the exception of a few acres. They are 
all planted 4 by 4 feet apart, containing 2,720 trees to the acre. The land is pre= 
pared same as for corn, and the trees are planted with spades. The catalpa trees 
planted in 1878, after four summers’ growth, are 10 to 15 feet high and 24 to 34 inches 
in diameter. Three years planted, 5 to 9 feet; two years planted, 3} to 6 feet (a 
drought last year); one year planted, 3 to 4 feet. On rich land these trees shade the 
