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NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Table Jfo. 2. 



FOREST NURSERIES— 1910. 



Only one nursery in District 6, established in the spring of 1909, 

 and from which no returns have as yet come in. 



='Figures on District 5 are for 1909. 



Method of Shading. 



In the establishment of these planting stations, it was generally 

 assumed that at least some artificial shading was necessary. The two 

 general systems, high shade frames and low shade frames, have been 

 tried with varying degrees of success. Where shading is necessarry 

 for the entire growing season with little variation of light and heat, 

 the high shade frame may be advisable. It has been held that such con- 

 ditions obtain throughout certain portions of the southwest. Where 

 there is considerable variation in weather conditions, with necessity for 

 alternate shading and freedom from shade, low shade frames are consid- 

 ered best. Such frames are especially suitable where alternate humid 



