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$1.27 per thousand, so that with fifteen cents per thousand for 

 transportation they have already cost $3.92, and the weeding for 

 the season will no doubt add at least twenty cents more. 



The planting for private owners followed that done on the State 

 land, and lasted until the 20th of May. IMost of this was an un- 

 favorable season for planting, since it was extremely dry. None of 

 the stock was equal to that sent to Union. Many of the bundles 

 were either of poor stock or were so tightly tied and packed that the 

 seedlings were mildewed, so that Avhole bundles had to be throv/n 

 away. For the first fortnight after planting it seemed that fully 

 twenty-five per cent, were dead, but in many cases after the old 

 needles had entirely dropped off a timely rain brought signs of life 

 out of the buds, and the loss is apparently much less than was 

 feared. 



Some of the private planting was made on brush lands, so that 

 while these are in foliage it is impossible to estimate the percentage 

 of loss. One owner brushed out considerable land before planting 

 at a cost of about $3.00 per acre. The total cost of planting in this 

 kind of land with efficient labor was about $13.00 per acre. 



The one-year Chestnuts M^hich were planted have done particu- 

 larly well, and the Scotch Pine and Norway Spruce seem to have 

 withstood drought better, if anything, than the White Pine. 



Austin F. Hawes. 



