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Large quantities of hardwoods were sown in the fall, as it was an excellent 

 seed year for most species. The germination in most of the hardwood species 

 was excellent. 



The following charts will give the amount of coniferous and hardwood 

 seed sown in the fall: 



Conifers Hardwoods 



Species Beds Species Bushels 



Red Pine 487 Black Walnut 1,816 



White Pine 168 Butternut 50 



White Cedar. 121 White Ash 34'/ 4 



White Spruce 68 Hard Maple 29% 



Norway Spruce 67 Red Ash 7H 



Jack Pine 57 Red Oak 4% 



Scotch Pine 51 Red Cedar 1 



Other Species 13 Black Cherry 58 lbs. 



Black Locust 20 lbs. 



Cucumber 1 lb. 



(d) Transplanting: 



Very little transplanting was carried on this year. We did not start 

 this work until after the fifteenth of May owing to the lack of help. The 

 loss, due to the lateness in starting (growth was too far advanced) and the 

 hot dry season, was great. Less. than a million trees were transplanted. 

 These consisted of white spruce, white pine, red pine and Scotch pine. 



(e) Nursery Stock in Other Stages of Development: 



Conifers Hardwoods 



2 year olds 8,495,000 Walnut 400,000 



1 year olds 6,300,000 White Ash 100,000 



Hard Maple 60,000 



Total 14,795,000 Red Oak 40,000 



American Elm 15,000 



Soft Maple 5,000 



Total 620,000 



Grand Total 15,415,000 



(2) Improvements 



No improvements of any kind were carried on, owing to the drastic cut 

 in our appropriations. 



(3) Permanent Planting 

 The planting programme for this year was cancelled. 



(4) Protection 

 (a) Insects: 



The Leconte's pine needle sawfly was only noticed in three small patches 

 this season. 



The weevil is still quite serious in pure white pine plantations. No 

 control work was possible this year however. 



The Nantucket pine shoot moth is still on the increase in our pure white 

 pine plantations. Control is impossible by destroying the affected shoots, 

 as the insects have usually emerged by the time the damage is noticeable. 



