114 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Two floats were prepared and exhibited in the Orono Centennial and Home 

 Coming Week parade in July and during the following week they were also placed 

 by request in the Bowmanville Board of Trade and Labour Parade. 



On invitation, talks on reforestation and related matters were delivered 

 before the Rotary Clubs in Lindsay, Port Hope, Bowmanville and Cobourg 

 during the early winter. 



Visitors are coming in increasing numbers each year. Considerably more 

 than twice as many visitors viewed the nursery this year as in any previous 

 season. The route of the Durham County Apple Blossom Week Tour now 

 includes a visit to the nursery and this season large numbers of people availed 

 themselves of this opportunity. 



Nursery Stock on Hand as at November 31st, 1932 



Nursery stock on hand in various stages of development: Conifers, 

 16,095,000; Deciduous, 900,900. 



MlDHURST 



The fall of 1931 was an excellent one for seed bed work and it continued 

 quite mild until Christmas. The winter of 1931-32 was quite open although the 

 spring was rather late. Nursery work did not start until about April 20th. All 

 nursery stock wintered in first-class shape. 



The weather in the spring was excellent for transplanting. Later on in 

 the growing season we had an abundant rainfall, and growth of nursery stock 

 was very good. 



(1) Nursery Operations 



(a) Fertilizers: 



The amount of natural barnyard manure used at this station was greatly 

 reduced. All manure was purchased locally giving preference to those who 

 needed the cash. 



Owing to the lack of frost in the swamp we did not take out any humus in 

 the winter months as the roads were not frozen sufficiently to carry horses. 



Sweet clover is used exclusively now, as our green manure crop. The 

 sweet clover is plowed down the second year in June after seeding. It is proving 

 very successful here as a fallow crop. A crop of oats is sown with the clover the 

 first year to keep the weeds down. 



The following artificial fertilizers were used on the seed beds: 



Blood Meal 508 lbs. 



Muriate of Potash 96 lbs. 



Bone Meal 71 lbs. 



Sulphate of Ammonia 9 lbs. 



0-12-15 12 lbs. 



Acid Phosphate 148 lbs. 



4-8-10 72 lbs. 



2-8-10 76 lbs. 



Sheep Manure 20 lbs. 



The lawns received 500 lbs. of blood meal. 



(b) Seed: 



All seed, with the exception of a few experimental seeds, was received from 

 the Extraction Plant at Angus. 



