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Bed Oak 23,620 



Pin Oak 22,300 



Chestnut 7,000 



Black Locust 3,000 



Black Walnut 2,035 



In addition there are 6,500 seedlings of white ash and hickory 

 which were left at Brown's Station, as the weather became so 

 inclement that it seemed best to wait until the next spring before 

 setting them out at Canoe Point. For the same reason, 15,115 

 plants were heeled in at Canoe Point awaiting spring, when they 

 will be set out also, or used for reinforcing any blanks which may 

 be found. 



The seedlings were planted at intervals of seven feet each way 

 instead of four as customary in a plantation of conifers, or one 

 that is intended for timber production only. This work was 

 placed in charge of Mr. E. M. Moffett, one of the State foresters 

 and a graduate of the Forestry School at Biltmore, N. C., where 

 there are good opportunities for studying the technical methods 

 used in making a plantation of hardwoods. Before selecting defi- 

 nitely the site at Canoe Point, Mr. Moffett made a preliminary 

 examination of the soil, which he reported as being of the best 

 quality, proper depth, and well adapted to the growth of the 

 various species which we intended to plant. 



In order to protect the plantation from cattle which had 

 hitherto grazed freely on this land, a substantial wire fence, nearly 

 one mile in length, was constructed across the base of the penin- 

 sula which forms the Canoe Point tract. The cost of this fence, 

 however, was not taken out of our appropriation for tree planting, 

 but was charged to a special fund which had been provided by 



