Planting Methods Experiment 

 In the fall of 1955, an experiment to study four methods of hand planting 

 of seedling stock was started near Algonquin Park, in co-operation with the Re- 

 forestation Supervisor, Pembroke. The rest of the experiment will be planted 

 in the spring of 1956. No data on survival will be available until the fall of 1956. 



Seed Bed Mulch Experiment 

 A small experiment was started in the fall of 1955 at the Orono and 

 Midhurst Nurseries to study the use of mulches which can be permanently left 

 on the seed bed in comparison with the usual rye straw which must be removed 

 each spring. 



Duneman Stock Experiment 

 In co-operation with the Forest Pathology Laboratory, Maple, a small 

 experimental planting has been established at the Ganaraska Forest to compare 

 2-0 white pine, red pine and white spruce produced by the Duneman process at 

 the Orono Nursery, with 2-1 and 2-2 stock of the same species. 



REGIONAL RESEARCH FORESTERS 



MID-WESTERN REGION 



Research activities in the 1955-56 fiscal year were focused on the re- 

 generation, both natural and artificial, of the commercially important conifer 

 species of this area in the silvicultural field and on the preparation of a correlated 

 program of forest research in the co-ordination field. 



Some positive and encouraging results can be reported from our efforts 

 in the cutting methods, seeding and planting work. In the co-ordination phase 

 of the work, it is difficult to report what degree of success has been attained 

 because of the indirect methods of co-ordination we are using. It is felt, though, 

 that some positive progress has been made in fostering a spirit of co-operation 



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