21 



of themselves. It is likely that in the openings a certain percentage 

 of the oatalpa stumps will sprout, and this sprout growth will still fur- 

 ther assist the walnut. 



Table 7. — Yield of black walnut. 

 BOTTOMLAND. 





County. 



6 



2 



bo 



< 





Domi- 

 nant 

 trees. 



Yield per acre. 



f 



It 



1 



r 



< 





Total. 



1 



Posts.' 



Average annual 

 posts. 





1 



o 



a; 

 o 

 bo 

 o 

 a 

 bo 



< 



1st. 



2d. Total. 



1st. 



2d. 



Total. 



Fuel 

 wood. 



2 



Dixon 



\\'ochino-fr»r> 



Acres. 



5.00 



2.17 



4.70 



.50 



.74 



.50 



12.50 



15 

 30 

 32 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 34 



In. 

 6.6 

 6.7 

 9.0 

 8.2 

 12.1 

 7.9 

 8.4 



228 

 690 

 244 

 328 

 97 

 300 

 310 



Cu.ft. 

 817 

 2.319 

 2, 558 

 2, 382 

 2, 628 

 1,564 

 3,045 



Ckyrds. 

 9.5 

 27.0 

 29.7 

 27.7 

 30.5 

 18.2 

 35.4 



Bd.ft. 



No. 

 394 



No. 

 154 



No. 

 548 



No. 

 26.3 



No. 

 10.3 



No. 

 36.6 



Cords. 



0.6 



.9 



3 ' Burt 



4 ] Johnson 



320 



i.'soo' 



1,192 

 1,240 



284 

 368 



1,476 

 1,608 



37.3 

 38.8 



8.9 

 11.5 



46.1 

 50.3 



.9 

 .9 

 .9 



6 



7 



Otoe 



Burt 



1,596 

 1,862 



666 

 316 



2,262 

 2,178 



46.9 

 54.8 



19.6 

 9.3 



66.6 

 64.1 



.5 

 1.1 



UPLAND. 



8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 19 



Richard.son. 

 Stanton..... 

 Cass 



JMinson 



Saunders . 



0.70 



.50 



1.40 



1.50 



18 

 19 



31 

 42 



4.3 

 5.2 

 5.7 

 7.2 

 6.7 



n.2 



901 

 532 

 510 

 264 

 266 

 200 



1,803 

 1,117 

 1,140 

 1,060 

 1,631 

 3,688 



21.0 

 13.0 

 13.3 

 12.3 

 19.0 

 42.9 



i*726' 



734 

 488 

 740 

 806 

 950 

 1,637 



535 

 358 

 494 

 72 

 218 

 282 



1,269 

 . 846 

 1,234 

 878 

 1,168 

 1,919 



40.8 

 25.7 

 32.2 

 26.9 

 30.7 

 39.0 



29.7 

 18.8 

 21.5 

 2.4 

 7.0 

 6.7 



70.5 

 44.5 

 53.7 

 29.3 

 37.8 

 45.7 



13 



Cass 



8.00 



1.2 



.7 



1.0 



Plantation No. 7.— This plantation is situated on the Missouri River 

 bottom. The soil is a rich black loam, 5 to 6 feet deep. It is fresh, 

 porous, and exceedingly fertile. The site is traversed by a small 

 stream, which occasionally overflows and courses out thru the grove, 

 inundating a good part of it. Water does not stand on the surface 

 more than a da}^ or so. 



The plantation was grown direct from the seed. Cultivation had 

 been given the land for two years previous to planting. The nuts 

 were planted in the fall of 1869. After the ground had been plowed 

 and harrowed as for corn, single rows, 4 feet apart, were marked oflf 

 with a common marker. Furrows were then run 8 feet apart at right 

 angles to the marks. The nuts were dropt at the intersection of 

 the furrows with the marks, thus giving a spacing of 4 feet by 8 feet. 

 One nut was planted at a place, making 1,360 nuts per acre. It 

 required 25 bushels ('^shucks" on) to plant the 12^ acres. They were 

 purchased from the Indians at 25 cents per bushel. After the nuts 

 were dropt, they were covered by filling the furrows with a harrow. 

 This covered them rather too deep, so that only about two-thirds of 

 the number came up the first year. 



[Cir. 45] 



