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GROWING BLACK LOCUST TREES
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Figure 18.—This 20-year-old black locust grove was started by planting year-old seedlings on a worn-out and gullying field. It contains 1,880 posts per acre, worth 10 cents In the tree, or $188 per acre. This is an average yearly gross income of $8.40 per acre.