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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Besults of determination of heat units in beech and hard maple wood taken from different 



parts of the tree. 



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Position. 



Beech heart, np ar stump 



Maple sup. near top 



Beech limb, two inches in diameter 

 Maple heart, near stump 



Maple limb, two inches in diameter 



Maple sap, near stump 



Bf ech sap, near St mp 



Beech sap, near top 





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7.2^8.0 

 6 099 1 

 5 8H8.4 

 5,870.8 



5.817.2 

 5. .-81. 9 

 5.534.4 

 5,088.6 



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9 718.5 



8 813.3- 



9 S27.1 

 8,735.8 



9. 045.8. 

 8.735.8 

 9,2.53.5 

 9,098.5. 



Arranged according to the British Thermal Units per pound of orig- 

 inal wood as taken from the pile. Wood cut in January a few days be- 

 fore samples were taken. 



The samples for test were procured by cutting dust with a fine saw 

 from the sample of wood. 



This spring 3,000 locust trees have been planted. Part of them north 

 of the pinetum, part on the west end of field 18 and the remainder in the 

 south part of field 17; 3^000 catalpa have been planted alternating with 

 the locust except that none were i)lanted in 17; 500 European larch and 

 500 Norway spruce have been planted in suitable places; 100 ba^swood 

 have been planted in open places on the south end of field 17. About 

 200 white ash, white pine, Norway spruce and others have been planted 

 in the woods back of number 7 making a' total of 7,800 trees that have 

 been planted this spring. 



Seed planting in the nursery began April 29tli. The seeds of conifers 

 were sown broadcast in beds four feet wide. The aim was to have about 

 100 seeds germinate per square foot. Since the seeds have germinated 

 we find them rather thicker than that. It is expected to transplant 

 large numbers of these as soon as they get large enough to handle. The 

 beds after sowing were covered with two or three inches of leaves and on 

 part of these were placed lath screens and on part brush and on part 

 nothing was placed to hold the leaves in place. The lath screens were 

 made four feet square with the space of a lath between each two. For 

 end pieces a lath on either side was used. These are light and very easy 

 to handle. As soon as the pine seeds had begun to germinate the screens 

 and leaves were removed and the screens supported on poles resting on 

 stakes about 14 inches above the ground. On part of the beds in place 

 of the screens brush from trees that were cut for wood during the winter 

 was used. The screens are much more expensive, costing about 13 cents 

 each, to begin with but they are far superior in" management as they 

 can be removed and replaced with but little loss of time and permit of 

 easy access to any part of the plantation while the brush are trouble- 

 some to handle and obstruct the paths between the beds. The leaves on the 

 beds gave ideal conditions for seed germination and as a consequence 

 the per cent of germination has exceeded expectations. Seeds of de- 

 ciduous trees were planted in rows 3i/4 feet apart for horse cultivation. 

 The locust seeds were placed in water drawn from the steam boiler 

 using about two quarts of hot water to a pound of seed. They were 



