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A few representative measurements in lowland or watered situa- 
tions follow: 
Growth of valley or watered green ash, 
| Time 
| | Average = Number 
- : required to 
Place. ‘How standing.| Age. Te pele aes grow 1 inch ores 
eae ae in diameter Set 
; Bet breasthigh. : 
Years. Feet. Inches. Years. 
Greensburg, KansScc. css... ssen as" ROWiseeeo eee ik 14 4.0 2.8 24 
Sta John Karige= 22220 a eaeeaaee Groves. o--e 12 | 18 6.1 2.0 14 
IBCOUy Kans Soest ee ees A ere ee 16: 16 eae 3.7 20 
Danbuny. Nebr seen ets eee Ve Ol Sen ass cee 17 | 27 6.6 2.6 18 
GardeniCity= Manse sess eee ane ROW s525222520 Le 27 6.7 2.5 7 
Beaver City. Nebr: 22.23.92 (ETON IE Band cece 20 | 22 | 3.9 5.1 18 
RED CEDAR. 
Native red cedar occurs scatteringly throughout the State. It seems 
supremely indifferent to conditions of climate, soil, or moisture. It 
grows in limestone, sandstone, shale, or clay formations. Sometimes 
it is found on the face of a rock held only by a few roots penetrating 
the crevices, and, again, with cottonwoods and willows along a sandy 
stream where water is within 5 feet of the surface. It cares for 
neither cold nor heat; and, under like conditions of soil and moisture, 
grows nearly as fast without cultivation as with it. This extreme 
hardiness and adaptability fit it for planting anywhere on the Plains. 
It matters little how unfavorable the situation, the planter may feel 
confident that red cedar will live and make a tree some time, if he 
gets it transplanted successfully. The growth may not average more 
than 8 inches in height and one-fifth of an inch in diameter yearly, 
for the cedar seems to realize that it has centuries in which to make 
its sturdy way. It is the longest-lived tree in the list, and should be 
planted only where a permanent tree is wanted. 
So far, in western Kansas, red cedar has been used somewhat for 
ornament, but very little for any other purpose. It will make an 
excellent shelterbelt in time, equally good in winter and summer. It 
might well be one of the components of a mixed plantation, ready to 
attain its full development after its shorter-lived and more rapid- 
growing associates have served their purpose and been removed. It 
does well mixed with cottonwood, the shade of which is not too dense 
for it. In some of the old cottonwood groves of the Platte Valley 
red cedar is coming in by hundreds through the agency of birds. 
There is some danger, however, in planting the red cedar in the 
vicinity of an apple orchard. The ball of yellow fungus growth, the 
* cedar apple,” is one stage of the apple-leaf spot, and apple trees are 
likely to be infected from the cedar. The writer has heard no com- 
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