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(d) Improvements: 



The improvements to the Angus seed extracting plant are as follows: 



A new solid concrete seed storage vault 33' 3" x 36' x 8' 6" was put up. 

 This was necessary to reduce the deterioration of seed caused by variations in 

 temperature. 



A dual purpose steel tower was erected to support the tank for the water 

 pressure system and to serve as a lookout tower for fire-detection. The 

 height of the tower is 100', and the height of the tank 65'. 



A dust remover was installed to improve the working conditions for the 

 men. This was done by the installation of a suction fan which is connected 

 to each unit of the cleaning machinery by a system of pipes through which 

 the dust is drawn. 



The main building, bungalow, germinating laboratory, foreman's house 

 and the tower house were painted. 



(e) Publicity: 



1. During the period of May 23rd to May 25th a meeting of the boy 

 scouts, comprised of about 90 boys, was held at Angus for the purpose of 

 demonstrating the practicability and need of reforesting the waste land of the 

 province. The boys were instructed in the methods of planting and were 

 required to plant trees under the supervision of Forestry Branch officers for a 

 few hours of each of the three days that the camp was held. 75,000 trees were 

 planted during the period. The camp was financed by the boys themselves. 



This is a valuable educational feature, giving the youth of the province 

 an insight into the value of utilizing non-agricultural soil for the purpose of 

 growing timber. 



2. The summer meeting of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers was 

 held at Angus in June of 1934. Among other items on the agenda of the meet- 

 ing was an inspection of the seed-extraction plant and all work carried on by 

 the Forestry Branch at Angus. 



10. Investigations 



(a) Special Groups of Seed Trees: 



In order to obtain information with regard to the quality of red pine seed 

 from the province as a whole, groups of trees were selected in various parts of 

 the province from which cones containing such seed could be collected. 



To make this investigation as comprehensive as possible, a strip of country 

 traversing a large area of the province was selected, and groups of trees in this 

 strip were marked, care being taken to make the distance between groups as 

 nearly uniform as possible. 



The first group, at the northwest end of the strip, was at Pancake Bay on 



the shores of Lake Superior, and the twelfth and last group was at Tweed. 

 The following list shows the location of the various groups: 



1. Pancake Bay 



2. Batchewana Bay 



3. Thessalon 



4. Algoma 



5. Massey 



6. Whitefish 



