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locally. Seed of black walnut, white ash and hard maple, was prolific, and a 

 sufficient quantity to meet our requirements was obtained without difficulty 

 and at a reasonable price. 



TREE SEED ON HAND, 1931 



Pounds 



Red Pine 72% 



White Pine 9% 



Scotch Pine 75% 



Jack Pine 474^ 



Norway Spruce 106 



White Spruce 506 



White Cedar 127^ 



European Larch 49 



Siberian Larch 100 



Sitka Spruce 10 



Austrian Pine 12 



Black Locust 52 



Total amount of seed on hand 1,594J^ 



(c) Seed Beds: 



Seeding was carried out during the late fall of 1930, reseeding during the 

 early spring of 1931, and 1933^ beds of white pine seed were sown during early 

 June. 



Seed sown throughout the year is as follows: 



Species 



CONIFEROUS SEED SOWN, 1931 

 Beds Sown 



Spruce White. . 

 Pine Mugho. . . 



Pine White 



Pine Red 



Pine Scotch. . . . 

 Cedar White. . . 

 Spruce Norway . 



Pine Jack 



Spruce White. . . 



Balsam 



Cedar Red 



24 



321 



483 



64 



60 



100 



66 



79 



6 



10 



Total number of beds sown. . . 

 Total amount of seed sown . . . 



Total Amount 



Pounds 



21 



479" 



574^ 



40 



45 

 100 



41M 



12 

 70 



1,221 

 1,432*6 lbs. 



DECIDUOUS SEED SOWN 



Species 



Elm 



Soft Maple 



Walnuts (husked) . . 



Walnuts 



Hickory Nuts 



Hard Maple 



Black Cherry 



Red Oak 



Butternut 



White Birch 



Tulip 



Honey Locust 



Chestnut Oak 



Burr Oak 



Amount 



4 bus. 

 19 bus. 



8 bus. 



572 bus. 



27 bus. 



21 bus. 



\y 2 bus. 

 14 bus. 



6 bus. 



8 bus. 



4 bus. 



$y 2 bus. 



1 bus. 



4 bus. 



Amount 

 1 bus. 

 Yi bus. 

 %bus. 

 %bus. 

 Ys bus. 

 14 bus 



Total number of bushels sown . 

 Total number of pounds sown . 



Species 



Beech 



White Ash 



Shagbark Hickory 



Red Ash 



Bitternut Hickory 



Green Ash 



Black Locust 30 lbs. 



English Walnut 400 nuts 



Chestnuts 800 nuts 



Red Oak % bus. 



Catalpa 4 lbs. 



Manitoba Maple 4 lbs. 



Sycamore 12 lbs. 



699% 

 50 



id) There were no importations of transplants from other nurseries this 

 year but 325,000 seedlings were transferred to other points. 



