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Growth of valley or watered silver maple. 
Time 
Average waste | Number 
= F quired to) ~~; 
Place. How planted.|} Age. aS Cra C: diameter grow 1linch 8 pean 
eight. | breast- § ain meas- 
high. Be ee ured. 
|breasthigh. 
Years. Feet. Inches. Years. 
Greensburngss Kans. o222scsen Jee IROWros.ss-5<2 11 13 4.8 ano 15 
Sie On MES Kans eae oe teen as GrOVets see see 12 25 9.0 158) 20 
Rameleyn) Manso.) es. < oo. eos ecto cs donee 14 27 (aie 2.0 | 15 
PST iG Gene eas Reyes ge eos 2 ee GOS one 15 20 Syeele 2.9 | 23 
ManGroasse pans” oe na ooo oe a dor ees 15 16 5.2 | 2.9 | 10 
IBeGAVCL Ciby,e Nebr as. eee a one RO Wreesae a2 oe. 16 22 Uo 20 | 7 
SCOCKLOM PAK Se ee ee oe ee Giese SeSe25: 19 25 ine 2.6 4 
GreareBenGMWans as ss2s- ce osc ees |e GOW esa ean: DOE Resta ee 13.0 LB) 10 
14.9 aaa 6 
| | 
IDOE Mera ae Oe Sere ee Seren ere dO see eee 32 45 
BLACK WALNUT. 
Black walnut has been extensively tried, but has succeeded only in 
favored localities, and can not be recommended for general planting. 
The rate of growth is very good, and excellent results are sometimes 
obtained in the valleys. It is a desirable tree, and should be raised 
wherever possible. It is easily grown by planting the nuts where the 
trees are wanted. Owing to the long taproot, transplanting is some- 
what difficult. While in a number of cases a more rapid rate of 
growth was found on the uplands than in the valleys, they should be 
regarded as anomalous, and not a true index of the habits of the 
species. After a few years of rapid progress the upland tree is likely 
to die. For instance, a row of black walnut at Smith Center at 16 
years of age averaged 5.9 inches in diameter, thus giving an inch of 
increase for every 2.7 years—an excellent rate of growth; but when 
measured these trees had reached their limit, in spite of good care, 
and were either dead or dying. Contrasted with this is a row of 
blaek walnut along the road 5 miles south of Great Bend, where the 
soil is sandy and water not over 25 feet below the surface. At 20 
years of age these trees were 25 feet high, ran from 6 to 12 inches 
in diameter, with an average of 9 inches, and were in excellent con- 
dition, while seedlings were appearing in numbers beneath them. 
Growth of valley or watered black walnut. 
] 1 
| : 
Time Number 
| Average requi 
eee = quired tO} “(e+ aac 
Place. | How standing.| Age. a SEE diameter grow 1 inch oe WEES 
eight. | breast- |§ AG eas— 
we in diameter! aq. 
| o"* |breasthigh. 
| Years. Feet. Inches. Years. 
Bvrons Oklansecee ss 282 isis. ee InGOVGr sass 8 16 Soak 2.6 Dy, 
DMD Uy Ne bie es ne QOisae eee: 12 | 16 3.4 3.5 38 
Greensburomkange= = 2... et ROWineee ees 14 16 6.2 Dae 7 
St OD DRM A see en se oc] a Oe aa 16 13 BY 5.0 | 20 
UAT Gtk a fe) 6) le Grover 2.22 17 28 8.2 2.1 | 14 
BGA Ver GluyeNebre=2 i228... 2.2.2... Peedo tons sece >. | 20 22 4.1 4.9 | 8 
Great Bend. Kans...: <..5 i222... lpRowses- eee 20 25 9.0 OF 30 
[Cir. 161.] 
