16 



a second-class post 3 cents. Figuring all the plantations except No. 1 

 on this basis, and assuming the waste material to be worth $2 per 

 cord for firewood, the net value of the plantations by each method 

 can be compared. The comparison shows only a small difference in 

 favor of cutting the ash for posts. Both methods indicate, in fact, 

 that under present conditions ash plantations have but a small money 

 value. 



The condition of the plantations in general was good. Ash ordina- 

 rily does well on upland prairie soil, though it grows more rapidly in 

 moister situations. Its principal use is as a shelter-belt tree. Here 

 it can be rather closely planted, and the necessary thinnings from time 

 to time will furnish good poles for use about the farm. 



Table 8. — White, green, and black ash. 

 WHITE ASH. 















O 



eg 



pj 



Average 



Average 



c 

















o3 

 P 



size 

 domi- 



annual 

 growth 





s 



Money yield 









C3 



o 



+» 





IB 



H 



nant 



dominant 



© 



rH 



per acre. 









ft 







■n 



trees. 



trees. 



o 



.5 • 







County. 





+3 

 +3 



ft 



ft 



s 



c3 



00 



Original 

 spacing. 



© 



8 









© 



ft 



■3 " 



S o 





PI 

 o 



©rj 





u 





©* 



© 



£+a 



• ° n 



rt 

 fl 







o 



O 



c3 





© 

 



o 



fS 



i 



+3 



© 



s 



In 



13 



i 3 



e 



2 ft 







fee 



< 



< 



^ 





© 



5-° 



© 



s 



© 



o 





© 



1* 







Yrs 



Acres. 



A cres. 



Feet. 







i n. I i^L 



In. 



JPV. 



Cords 



Cords 







1 



Livingston 



25 



0.50 



0.10 



9 by 4 



440 



70 



5.7 36 



0.23 



1.4 



14 4| 0.58 



S3. 63 



?0. 10 



2 



McLean 



27 



4 50 



.10 



8 by 8 



400 



67 



7.0 54 



S.2 53 



.26 



2.0 



27.0 



1.00 



65. 25 



1.60 



3 



Christian 



32 



2.50 



.25 



10 bv 10 



30S 



71 



.26 



1.7 



27.6 



.86 



62.92 



1.20 



4 



Ford 



32 





.50 



10 by 12 



aan 



75 



8.3J 62 



.26 



1 9 



23.2 



73 



48.11 



.92 



fi 



do 



33 



1.72 



.25 





372 



75 



8. 6 50 



.26 



1.5 



37.7 



1.14 



96.19 



1.75 



fi 



do 



Woodford 



34 

 37 













8. 50 



.24 



. 



1.5 

 .9 









7 



.20 



.» 



6 by 10 



290 



78 



7.5 



35 



23.2 



.03 



43. 19 . 65 



GREEN ASH. 



Champaign.... 34 3.0 



0.25 



2 by 4 332; 53 



61 0. 24 



28. 4 0. 62 



BLACK ASH. 



Wa rren . 



....do .. 

 Hancock 

 Warren . 



do .. 



Bureau.. 



0.83 

 .50 

 .17 

 .092 

 1.23 

 2.10 



0.073 

 .50 

 .17 

 .092 

 .10 

 .50 



Shy 10 



5 hv 12 ; 



5Jby 5§ 



'4 by '8'i 



8.1 

 8. 4 

 7.1 

 6.6 



7.3 



0.30 

 .34 

 .25 

 .23 

 .25 

 .17 



9.4 

 L9 

 1.3 



1.7 



1.2 



The only green ash plantation examined was that at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois. The trees have grown thriftily and the plantation 

 is in good condition. Green ash is a hardy tree. It will succeed in 

 many places where white ash would fail. Since, however 



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