26 FOREST BELTS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 
Tarte VIIL.—Trees on a sample acre on Pawnee Creek, at Burdette, Kans. 
Diameter breasthigh. 
Species. | Trees. |=. 
Minimum. Maximum. 
Inches. Inches. 
Green ash... 2eo. os eee ee oe ee ee eee 54 3! 21 
WWilnEGerelyin . 5 2. 2 ees ee ee et ee ee eee ee ee | 39 1 es 
RG DOREY. 6 oo acts eet a ce a ee eee 67 il 16 
CVV Tet Gh sy ek a A I ee ee ee 2 2 2 
MPG Ten ge ee a Se 2 t= Be ee 162 
Conditions in this locality are very good. In places the trees extend 
back from the creek a distance of 200 yards. They also ascend the 
side draws, and tend to spread out a little on the upland, where cattle 
are not allowed. 
TABLE IX.—Trees on a sample acre on Prairie Dog Creek, near Almena, Kans. 
= | Diameter breasthigh. 
Species. | Trees. | : ae 
Minimum. Maximum. 
Inches. | Inches. 
Boxelder___...___._-- : : : 132 3 | 27 
Green ash________..-- eS eee ee = a aS ee ee 122 Hl 11 
plied otis ge ey een sn eee tae Ne 28 2 | 15 
Almondileaf willow-—.... 222... --.:- a ee ee 12 7 | 13 
Cottonwood rae = Sat Sethe soe cee : 4 10 26 
Total _..-.- Nias - a eee hee 298 
These trees are growing in heavy soil. Their condition is very 
good, and the stand is unusually dense. 
TaslLe X.—Trees on a sample acre on Beaver Creek, at Ativood, Kans. 
Diameter breasthigh. 
Species. Trees. - 
Minimum. Maximum. 
Inches. | Inches. 
eu Ree ele ne ee ee ee 224 1 | 11 
PRLTNIOIC EAS UEILIOUR ote be Seca! oo os ee ee ee 15 | 4 14 
Be FEV 12) 0S) ed ap Geen a Ea ee eee SSeS ey pie 3 4 6 
D0): 5 Me a es a nn A eee RS eS Sip eC nS he Coie DAD ns eee 
This is a fair average acre for much of the forest growth of this 
section. The ash trees are young and probably do not average more 
than 5 inches in diameter, but they are doing very well and should 
develop into valuable timber. 
“arther down the creek, at Beaver City, Nebr., the type changes, 
and is composed principally of boxelder, as shown by Table XI. 
