PLAN FOR A COMMERCIAL PLANTATION. 27 



the following two masons, and the corn and young walnut trees 

 should be given like cultivation and attention. In the fall of the 

 second season of the growth of these young trees the owners may go 

 through and thin out the seedlings to stand about 4 feet apart in the 

 rows. The third season small hardy catalpa seedlings may be planted 

 in place of the corn in the intervening spaces between the rows of 

 walnut trees. 



The following diagram shows how these trees will stand after the 

 walnuts have been thinned and the catalpas planted in: 



Diagram 5. — Mixture for good soil in Red Beds Belt. 

 (Spacing 4' by 4'.) 



c c c c 

 w w w w 



C C C C 



w w w w 



C=Hardy catalpa. W=Black walnut 



REQUIRED NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE. 



Hardy catalpa 1, 360 



Black walnut _• 1, 360 



Total 2, 720 



Iii a plantation of this kind, honey locust might profitably displace 

 one-half of the catalpa by being planted in alternation with it. 



On the very sandy portions of the quarter section north of the rail- 

 road, Osage orange and Russian mulberry may be planted in equal 

 proportions. These trees should stand 4 feet apart each w r ay, and 

 should be planted and cultivated in a manner similar to the catalpa. 

 Seedlings 1 year old should be used, and the trees should be planted 

 in alternate rows according to the following diagram : 



Diagram 6. — Mixture for sandy land in the Red Beds Belt. 

 (Spacing 4' by 4'.) 

 O O O O 

 M M M M 

 O O O O 

 M M M M 

 0= Osage orange. M= Russian mulberry. 



NUMBER OF TREES REQUIRED PER ACRE. 



Osage orange r 1,360 



Russian mulberry 1,360 



Total 2, 720 



