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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



(c) Seed Beeds: 



Owing to the fact that we were able to transplant only a few of the 2-0 

 seedlings in the spring of this year, land which would otherwise have been 

 available for fall seed beds was occupied by these. As a result a very great 

 curtailment in the number of seed beds sown this fall was necessary. Practically 

 all of the space available was sown to red pine, as this species is more susceptible 

 to any deleterious effects due to late planting. As soon as space is cleared in the 

 spring those other species which have been held over will be sown. 



Hardwood Seed Sown was as follows: — 



Species 



Origin of 

 Seed 



Date of 

 Sowing 



Method of 

 Sowing 



Total Amount 



of Seed Sown 



Bus. 



Cherry, black. 

 Locust, black . 

 Maple, hard . . 

 Walnut, black 



Angus 

 Angus 

 Angus 

 Durham 



May 8 

 May 8 

 May 10 

 May 11 to 13 



Bands 

 Bands 

 Bands 

 Drills 



Total . 



2 



2 



25 



475 



504 



(d) Transplanting: 



Transplanting of nursery stock started on May 8th and continued to 

 June 5th. Owing to the greatly depleted staff, we attempted to transplant only 

 such seedlings as were in beds that would interfere with the working of the 

 irrigation system or were so large that they would be ruined if left in the seed 

 beds for another year. 



Spring Transplanting of Deciduous Stock: — 



Species Number Transplated 



Ash, white 50,000 



Butternut 10,000 



Maple, hard 20,000 



Maple, red 10,000 



Maple, silver 10,000 



Walnut, black 30,000 



Total 130,000 



(e) Nursery Stock in other stages of development: 



Conifers 14,160,000 



Deciduous 150,000 



Grand Total 14,310,000 



(2) Improvements 



(a) Buildings: 



No new buildings were constructed during the year. Work on all buildings 

 was confined to an absolute minimum of repairs and maintenance. 



(b) Roads and Bridges: 



All nursery roads were kept well graded during the year and a small amount 

 of gravel — 81 yards — was applied to those sections which were wearing through. 



A temporary cover of oak planks, which were on hand, was laid over the 

 cedar bridge cover on the main road from the village. This cover should be 



