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enriched with a light covering of black muck and some compost 

 taken from a large pile kept on hand at the nursery for this 

 purpose. 



A substantial paling fence now surrounds the enclosure, and 

 a tool house was built near the north gate. A hydraulic ram 

 was purchased and placed near by, just below the dam on the 

 outlet of Little Clear Pond. From this ram water is forced 

 through a one and one-quarter inch pipe up to a large tank, 

 well housed, and situated on the side of the adjoining hill, forty- 

 three feet above the nursery. The tank has a capacity of 5,000 

 gallons. A two-inch main leads from the tank house to the dis- 

 tributing pipes and hydrants in the nursery. With this arrange- 

 ment a line of hose, with a spray nozzle, can be attached readily 

 to a hydrant, and, whenever it becomes necessary in a dry time, 

 the beds can be sprinkled or showered without any further expense 

 or inconvenience. The paling fence, tool house, and tank house 

 were given two coats of green paint. The stock in the beds is 

 in excellent condition, the plants are in thrifty growth, and the 

 commission has reason to be well satisfied with the appearance 

 of the nursery. 



SEED GATHERING. 



The year 1904 was a seed year for white pine in New York, 

 and so arrangements were made for gathering a supply, as this 

 species produces seed only at intervals of four or five years. An 

 examination of the pines in Northern New York was made by 

 our foresters last year, when it was found that the little cones, 

 which require two years in maturing, were forming to an extent 

 that indicated a seed year for 1904. As the native red spruce 

 and Norway pine did not bear cones this year the work of seed 

 gathering was confined to white pine. 



