. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. e the encroach-ments of civilization, yet we shall endeavor to enumerate them all,as well as the trees. Oak Family.—The White Oak is king of the forest trees in thiscountry in respect to grandeur, strength and general utility, and inearly day afforded mast, a first-class feed, for hogs running atlarge. Those wh
. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. e the encroach-ments of civilization, yet we shall endeavor to enumerate them all,as well as the trees. Oak Family.—The White Oak is king of the forest trees in thiscountry in respect to grandeur, strength and general utility, and inearly day afforded mast, a first-class feed, for hogs running atlarge. Those which wintered in the wild woods were often fatenough for market in the spring, although not fed a grain byhuman hand. The Burr Oak is a fine tree, with a rich and beauti-fully cut foliage. The wood is valuable, and the acorns are are buried in deep, mossy cups, whence the tree is also called overcup oak. The Swamp White Oak is a tall tree and grows inlow grounds. The Yellow Chestnut Oak is a tree of mediumheight and has leaves like those of the chestnut. The Laurel Oakis a very common tree on gentle slopes of ground, having the leavesundivided and somewhat like laural leaves in appearance: whencethe name. In the days before the railroads brought pine so plenti- c^^^^.
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