DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1931 



153 



Fall Sowing 



Fall Sowing — (Experimental Group). 

 Fifty-five Beds. 



Spring Sowing 



Grand total of beds sown during the year — 1366. 



Grand total of amount of seed by weight — 1417 lbs. 10 ozs. 



We were again troubled with late spring frosts after germination and some 

 of our Scotch pine and Norway spruce beds were damaged. 



The loss from damping-off was not excessive and the seedlings did well 

 after the danger from frost and damping-off was past. 



Hardwood Seed Sown Season 1930-31 



Species 



Walnut 



Butternut 



Red Oak 



White Ash 



Hard Maple 



Basswood 



Black Cherry . . . 



Hickory 



Black Locust . . . 



Fall 



Amount 



in Bushels 



793 J^ 



128 



48 



32 



40 



13 



2 



2% 

 2 lbs. 



Spring 



Species 



Walnut 



Soft Maple 



Elm 



Hickory 



Total sown in Fall, 1,061kg bushels. 

 Total sown in Spring, 3634 bushels. 

 Grand total of Hardwoods sown, 



1930-31, 1,097% bushels, plus 2 



Black Locust. 



Amount 



in Bushels 



10 



15 



10 



IK 



Season 

 lbs. of 



(d) Transplanting. 



The season for transplant work was excellent as we received plenty of rain 

 throughout. 



