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(6) Quantity of seed collected : 



The following table No. 5 gives the number of bushels of each species 

 gathered throughout the province during 1936: 



TABLE No. 5 



Seed Collecting 

 Conifers 



Bushels 



White Pine 5,455 1/8 



White Spruce 3,030 7/8 



Red Pine 1,537 2/8 



Jack Pine 487 1/4 



White Cedar 445 



Scotch Pine 127 1/8 



Norway Spruce 44 6/8 



Hemlock 19 7/8 



Austrian Pine 18 6/8 



Balsam 17 2/8 



Red Cedar 10 



Larch 2 7/8 



Black Spruce 1/4 



Total 11,195 3/4 



Deciduous 



Bushels 



Walnut 1,087 1/4 



Butternut 333 1/2 



Red Oak 118 1/8 



Hard Maple 118 



Soft Maple 69 5/8 



Basswood 56 1/4 



Rock Elm 35 5/8 



White Elm 26 1/2 



Hickory 20 



White Ash 18 3/8 



Red Ash 16 



Honey Locust 12 



Black Locust 117/8 



Black Cherry 8 7/8 



White Birch 6 1/4 



Norway Maple 6 1/4 



English Elm 3 



Green Ash 2 3/4 



Yellow Birch 1 3/4 



Red Maple 1/2 



Total 1,952 1/2 



11. LECTURES 



Thirty-five illustrated lectures on reforestation and farm forestry were 

 given at the one month and three months courses conducted by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



This year there was a large demand for lectures to service organizations 

 farmers' clubs, etc., due to the province wide interest in conservation. 



12. INCOME 



TABLE 6 



Reforestation Income 



