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stock is used, as is the usual practice with catalpa and black locust, 

 the nursery should embrace from 1 to 2 per cent of the area 

 to be planted annually. When possible, the forest nursery should 

 have twice the area that is in seedbeds and transplant beds at 

 any given time in order that there may be a rotation of crops 

 and an opportunity for the land lying fallow or being used for 

 the production of soiling crops at frequent intervals. 



13. NURSERY BUILDINGS 



The number, character, and kind of buildings depend largely 

 upon the size and permanency of the nursery. The supervisor or 

 nursery foreman should reside on the grounds in order to be within 

 reach at all times. The labor employed in nurseries is largely of a 

 temporary character. When the nursery is located near a town, 

 the workmen usually live in their own houses and are employed 

 at a fixed price per hour while actually engaged. When the nur- 

 sery is inaccessible to an adequate supply of labor, temporary 

 quarters must be provided on or near the nursery for the large 

 number of laborers required for a period of several weeks during 

 the autumn and spring months. One or more of the skilled 

 laborers, who are capable of handling men and taking charge of 

 specific operations, are usually employed throughout the year. 

 These men should also reside on or near the nursery, a contin- 

 gent which sometimes necessitates the erection of permanent 

 quarters for them. 



Aside from suitable quarters for the superintendent and for a 

 part or all of the labor, necessary stable room and tool sheds must 

 be provided, also packing and storage sheds for the stock after 

 lifting, while it is stored, sorted, and packed, and for storing 

 packing boxes, seeds, and other material used in nursery practice 

 (Fig. 49). 



14. HEDGES AND FENCES 



It is always advantageous to fence the nursery. As the chief 

 purpose of the fence is to protect the nursery from cattle and 

 other animals, it may be of woven wire, wood, or stone or it may 

 be a living hedge. Under most conditions a well-constructed 

 woven wire fence is efficient in protecting the nursery from animal 

 life. It can be made rabbit proof by using a small mesh netting 



