12 



class, 3 cents. Cordwood was assumed to be worth $1 per cord, 

 being, in this case, simply what is left after the plantation has been 

 fully utilized for posts and poles. 



The cost of establishing a plantation of European larch is assumed 

 to be $18 per acre. The plantations varied widely in original expense, 

 and the cost of establishing some of them was undoubtedly much 

 more than $18 per acre. This figure, however, is a fair average. 



Table 5. — European larch. 



County. 









2 

















<3 









S-< 





fl 





ft 







M 







o3 

















rt 



C3 



+2 





c3 











m 



O 















c5 









a 



£2 



d 



o3 



W! 



a 



fc.l 





u 



3 



< 



<j 



O 



fc- 



Vr, 



A ere?. 



Feet. 





29 0.99 



9 by 9 



367 



29 



.79 



9 by 9 



214 



29 



2.70 



4 by 5 



202 



29 



1.30 





156 



30 



.26 



10 by 10 



347 



30 



.30 



4 by 4 



530 



30 



1.00 



4 by 4 



880 



30 



.16 



5 by 8 



625 



30 



.70 





536 



32 



.25 





390 



32 



2.40 





1,129 



32 



5.50 





346 



33 



.96 





627 



33 



1.50 



6 by 7 



412 



34 



.40 



2 by 4 



710 



45 



.025 



5 by 6 



600 



Aver- 









?J<E Products per 



" nant 



acre. 



trees. [ 





-« ! — 



_ 





°d\ lea 



o3 







- K 



-a 



r-5i • r 1 " 





o 



BS g off 

 °s§ tub ~*i* 





o 



ft* 



3 o 



O 



s 



1 

 Zra. -*Y. ! 





Cds. 



9.1 



481 257 



850 



1 



8.3 



43 200 





1 



8.3 



49 



190 



200 



1 



5.7 



40 



87 



125 



1 



10.6 



48 



295 



144 



2 



7.6 44 



330 



400 



1 



8.0 



55 



660 





2 



8.S 



38 



575 



650 



1 



9.0 



45 



536 



458 





9.S 



37 



280 



280 





6.7 



50 



620 





2 



9.0 



55 



306 



110 



1 



7.9 



48 



580 



365 



2 



8.1 



55 



380 





1 



8.3 



00 



620 





3 



10.0 



62 



440 



1,280 



2 



o 



C3 



I.S 



Condition. 



ivnox 



....do 



Warren 



Kane 



Ogle 



Dekalb .§.. 



Bureau 



McHenry. . . 

 Winnebago. 

 Sangamon.. 

 Bureau 



Lee 



Knox 



Will 



Champaign. 



Bureau 



S1S7.57 S4.15 

 117.57 2.60 



117. 57 2. 6C 



None. None, 



156.31 

 146.31 

 386.31 

 206. 31 

 351.31 

 128.65 

 313.65 



168.65 

 252. 26 

 232. 26 

 330. 82 



239. 35 



3.29 

 3.08 

 8.12 

 4.34 

 7.38 

 2.45 

 5.97 



3.21 

 4.58 

 4.22 

 5.73 



3.96 



Rich soil; pastured. 



Excellent; not pas- 

 tured. 



Good. 



Gravelly soil; neg- 

 lected. 



Good; rich soil. 

 Do. 



Excellent :dense stand 



Good; light clay loam. 

 Do. 



Poor; thin stand. 



Rather poor soil; 

 dense stand. 



Good; rich soil. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Alternate rows re- 

 moved in 1877-78. 



Good; rich soil. 



The study shows that European larch is adapted to well-drained 

 prairie soils in Illinois, and that in such situations it makes excellent 

 growth. It is a matter of common knowledge, however, that the 

 tree will eventually fail in situations where the drainage is poor. 

 Bulletin 26 of the agricultural experiment station of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois notes the effect of poor drainage on the larch plan- 

 tations at that place, which may be taken as typical of similar 

 conditions elsewhere. The plantation was established in 1871, and 

 did very well for four or five years. Then trees occupying wet 

 ground began to show signs of deca} r , and later to die. Those which 

 survived had sparse and yellowish foliage and the branches were 

 slender and wiry. Their roots ran near the surface, and a taproot 

 appeared to be wanting. By 1893 not quite one-fourth as many 

 trees were growing there as on the higher ground, where scarcely 

 a tree, except those overtopped, had died or shown any signs of! 

 unhealthiness. 



fear. 81] 



