FORESTRY QUARTERLY 



Voiv. IX.] December, 1911. [No. 4. 



THE YALE TRANSPLANTING BOARD. 

 By J. W. TouMEY. 



The cost of planting forest trees in this county for the purpose 

 of the production of forest crops is, in most cases, excessive. If 

 regeneration by planting is to rapidly increase in the near future, 

 methods must be devised looking toward the reduction of cost. 

 In planting operations the cost may be distributed as follows : 



(i) The cost of producing nursery-grown seedling stock. 



(2) The cost of producing transplants from seedling stock. 



(3) The cost of the preparation of the planting site and of 



planting. 



In these three items of expense the second can be greatly reduced 

 by the use of special tools or implements. 



The trade catalogues of American dealers in forest nursery 

 stock of coniferous species show that the price of one and two 

 year old seedling trees vary from $2.00 to $4.00 per thousand, 

 while for three and four year old transplants the prices vary from 

 $8.00 to $20.00 per thousand, a cost which practically prohibits 

 their use for forestry purposes. Because of the larger size and 

 heavier root system of coniferous transplants as compared with 

 seedlings, they are much preferred for planting oh most sites. 

 Heretofore their excessive cost has forced many planters to use 

 seedling stock with a consequent high loss from planting ope- 

 rations. 



The planting of coniferous species in this country with reason- 

 able assurance of profit demands the production of transplant 

 stock at far less cost than in the past. It is the opinion of the 

 writer that such stock must be purchased or grown at a cost not to 

 exceed $4.00 to $7.00 per thousand in order to make planting at- 

 tractive under present conditions. 



