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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Fertilizers 



Thirty-six acres of soy beans at Station No. 1, and twenty-four acres of rye 

 and vetch at Station No. 2, were plowed under for the purpose of soil 

 maintenance. 



Thirty tons of barnyard manure was applied on light land at Station No. 2, 

 land that is being gradually brought into a state of fertility suitable for the 

 production of nursery stock. 



At Station No. 1, manure and commercial fertilizer was applied. 



Tree Seed 



Local collections of tree seed were very small. Some 200 bushels of Scotch 

 pine cones were gathered from property plantations. Six bushels of Austrian 

 pine cones, 140 bushels of Norway spruce cones and 517 bushels of black walnuts 

 were purchased, while all other seed of coniferous and deciduous species were 

 procured through the Provincial Seed Plant at Angus, Ont. 



TREE SEED ON HAND— DECEMBER 15th, 1932 



Species Total 



Red Pine 21^ lbs. 



White Pine 30^ lbs. 



Scotch Pine 18 lbs. 



Jack Pine 422 lbs. 



White Spruce 537 lbs. 



White Cedar 128% lbs. 



Larch (Siberian) 100 lbs. 



Austrian Pine 12 lbs. 



Black Locust 18 lbs. 



Total amount of seed 1,287% lbs. 



The above quantity of seed represents that which will be available for 

 sowing in 1933. 



No new buildings were erected during 1932. 

 minimum, fifty-eight per cent under those of 1931. 



Additions to Property 



Maintenance costs were at a 



Plantations 



During 1932 all plantations put on exceptional growth. Although rainfall 

 was not above normal, it came at the right time. 



Several new plantations were established at Station No. 1, and all failures 

 in older plantations at both stations were replanted. 



Permanent Planting Record 



During the year up to October 31st a total of 147,700 trees of all species 

 were planted. 



