ARGEEMENTS FORESTS. 1962-63 



Stand Improvement projects consisting primarily of improvement cutting, 

 girdling of cull hardwoods, and conifer thinning and pruning were carried out on 

 a total of 5,884 acres in Agreement Forests. In addition to this regular programme, 

 inmates of the Department of Reform Institutions conducted stand improvement 

 work on 174 acres of Agreement Forest in the Lake Simcoe District. 



Agreement Forests in general are located close to markets. This favorable 

 situation allows the production and marketing of many forest products which often 

 cannot be economically produced from the usually less accessible areas of Crown 

 lands. Hence saleable products resulted from the regular Stand Improvement 

 programmes on 1739 acres. No product was obtained from operations on 

 the remaining 4,145 acres. 



Some products are available from normal harvesting, although as yet most 

 of these forests do not have the older age-classes suitable for harvesting. 



NURSERY FORESTS. 1962-63 

 Summary by Treatment (Acres) 



In conjunction with the four tree nurseries located in Southern Ontario, there 

 are approximately 6,000 acres designated for growing timber. The Stand Improve- 

 ment work is carried out mainly during the winter months, when activity in nursery 

 stock production is at a minimum. Projects were as follows: 



Lake Erie 

 District 

 Treatment St. Williams 



Nursery 



Site Preparation 30 



Thinning 320 



Improvement cutting 3 



Gii-dling 111 



Pruning — 



Total 464 87 35 59 645 



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