FOREST SERVICE. 



387 



':"v"here as a result of previous experiments methods of seedino; and 

 i-'Jiintinp; were well understood, work was undertaken on a considerable 

 Lcale. The largest areas planted were on the Pike, Kansas, Nebraska, 

 Pocatello, Uinta, Wasatch, Angeles, Cleveland, Santa Barbara, 

 Columbia, and Michigan National Forests. The most extensive direct 

 seeding was as follows: On the Siuslaw, 1,750 acres; on the Oregon, 

 1,300 acres; on the Black Hills, 788 acres; on the Olympic, 784 

 acres; on the Snoqualmie, 700 acres; on the Madison, 657 acres; on 

 the Ozark, 550 acres; on the Lolo, 337 acres; on the Pike, 271 acres; 

 on the Cceur d'Alene, 191 acres; on the Helena, 175 acres; on the 

 Sioux, 167 acres; and on the Wasatch, 109 acres. 



Work of seeding and planting was done altogether on 106 of the 

 National Forests. More than 16,000 pounds of tree seed were col- 

 lected, and a total of 9,745 acres was sown and planted. 



The planting stock on hand at the nurseries at the close of the 

 fiscal year consisted of 18,907,276 seedlings and 2,002,358 transplants, 

 of which 8,811,000 were Douglas fir, 7,676,000 western yellow pine, 

 618,000 jack pine, 1,105,000 Engelmann s])ruce, 467,000 "Scotch pine, 

 307,000 Jeffrey pine, 333,000 eucalypts, and the remainder of some 

 20 other species. The problems connected with the best method of 

 growing planting stock in large quantities are rapidly being solved, 

 and there has been marked improvement in the Forest nursery work 

 during the year all along the line. 



The condition of the principal nurseries at the close of the fiscal 

 year is shown below: 



Principal nurseries on National Forests at the close of the fiscal year 1910. 



Nursery 



Los Prietos Santa Barbara , Cal . . . 



Rocky Bayou ' Choctawhatchee, Fla. 



Pocatello I Poeatello, Idaho 



Boulder Helena, Mont 



Savenae Lolo, Mont 



Trapper Creek Bilterroot, Mont 



Halsey Nebraska, Nebr 



Fort Bayard I Gila, N. Mex 



Beaver Creek | Uinta, Utah. 



Wasatch 



Wind Uiver 



Silverton 



Total. 



Wasatch, Utah 



Columbia, Wash... 

 Snoqualmie, Wash. 



Present ; 



annual i 



productive j 



capacity. : 



300,000 



50,000 



,000,000 



,000,000 



,r)00,ooo 



,000,000 



250,000 



550,000 



,000,000 



,500,000 



,050,000 



050,000 



Present stock. 



Trans- 

 plants. 



Seedlings. 



16,550,000 1,336,471 



10,924,980 



In addition, e.xperimental ])lanting ami sowing was done upon 

 practically every Forest. Numerous species and methods were tried 

 under some 600 separate experiments. The results of this experi- 

 mental work have been of very great value, and while it must still be 

 continuetl, and often increased, enough has now boon Icarncil to enable 

 the undertaking of reforestation on a large scale, with definite knowl- 

 edge as to what methods arc adapted to the wiclc range of conditions 

 to be mot. 



The seeding experiments included spring, summer, and autumn 

 sowing broadcast by seed spots and by hand com planters, both 

 without preparation of the soil and with j)reparation by various 



