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terested in forest planting, stating that they could procure this 

 nursery stock from the Forester at $3.75, plus cost of express. Or- 

 ders were received for 80,000 White Pine, besides several thousand 

 Norway Spruce which were purchased from the Evergreen Nursery 

 Company at $3.00, and a few thousand Scotch Pine and Chestnut. 

 No orders were accepted for less than 1,000 trees. In all 115,000 

 White Pine were ordered from the nurserymen, 20,000 being used 

 on the new State forest in Union, and 15,000 on the Experiment Sta- 

 tion sand plain at Windsor. Where 5,000 plants or more were 

 ordered by one owner the shipment was made direct to him from the 

 nursery, but the smaller orders were sent out from a central point in 

 the State. Supervision of planting was supplied to all owners who 

 desired it. 



The first planting of the season was done early in April on old 

 fields in Union, belonging to the State, at an elevation of about 6OO 

 feet. The shipment sent here arrived in much better shape than any 

 of the later shipments, almost all of the plants looking vigorous. 

 The ground was moist at the time of planting, and there were fre- 

 quent rains the first week or so after planting, so that everything 

 was favorable for success. Counts of several hundred, made the 

 first of July, showed 85 per cent, alive. Though one of the least 

 populated parts of the State, it was possible to get plenty of good 

 American farm labor at $1.75 per day, while in some portions of the 

 State not even the poorest labor could be obtained in sufficient num- 

 bers. Good labor even at high prices is decidedly economical in 

 forest planting. 



Summary of expense, reckoning forester's time at $1.75: 



Cost of 1,000 plants $3 75 



Transportation of same 25 



Cost of planting 1 QQ 



Total cost of planting 1,000 trees $5 6Q 



As the trees were planted 5x6 feet, i. e. 1,500 trees per acre, the 

 total cost of planting per acre amounted to $8.50. 



Dr. Schenck offered one-year White Pine seedlings for sale at 

 $2.50 per thousand, and 20,000 of these yearlings were planted in 

 drills. It was thought that these could be set out in our nursery and 

 grown for a year at a cost making them more economical than the 

 two-year stock purchased at $3.75 ; and at the same time producing 

 a more thrifty and acclimated stock. While the latter result may be 

 realized, the cost of setting them out in nursery beds amounted to 



