112 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



(0 Nursery Stock in Other Stages of Development: 



Conifers 12,070,000 



Deciduous 288,350 



Total 12,358,350 



(2) Improvements 



(a) Buildings: 



No new buildings were constructed on the nursery during the year, all work 

 being confined to routine maintenance. On the Durham County Forest a house 

 was constructed for the caretaker and a stable built. Both of these buildings 

 are in use and are proving entirely satisfactory. 



(b) Roads and Bridges. 



All roads on the nursery were graded and gravelled, as well as those sections 

 of the township roads which abut on the nursery. A total of 990 yards of gravel 

 was. applied. 



(c) Fences and Windbreaks. 



A total of about 200 rods of cedar hedge was planted during the spring and 

 fall. This species makes excellent growth and provides efficient wind protection. 

 The loss is also very low being less than 0.5 per cent. 



(d) Surveys: 



A detailed stadia survey of the northern section of the nursery was made 

 during the summer and a map prepared on a scale of 200 feet to the inch. All 

 buildings, roads, windbreaks, etc., are shown. 



A permanent plan of the seed bed areas, scale thirty feet to one inch, was 

 also prepared. This plan shows all seed beds, water lines, etc., and is laid out on 

 a three-year rotation. 



(3) Permanent Planations 



All permanent plantations are in a healthy condition. A careful inspection 

 for failures was carried out in all plantations and all gaps filled. No new 

 plantations were set out. 



(4) Protection 



(a) Animal and Bird: 



Little damage was caused by mice or rabbits during the past year but black 

 squirrels are becoming a nuisance. The latter confine their depredations to 

 the butternut and walnut seed lines where they dig up and eat the nuts in the 

 spring. 



Crows are also a pest in the germinating walnut and butternut areas. An 

 occasional patrol with a shot gun at dawn and just before dusk keeps these birds 

 under fair control. 



(b) Insects: 



White Pine Weevil. — Control measures were continued in the Durham 

 County Forest and the 200-acre block in Manvers Township. The attacks 

 were much less severe this vear. 



