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at least be restricted to a limited area of the plantation. In case 

 the trees are being injured by insects, animals, or diseases, a remedy 

 should be sought by inquiry of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture or the State Agricultural College. 



SOURCES OF PLANTING STOCK. 



Private nurserymen are usually able to supply planting stock of 

 the more important forest trees. The Forest Service will supply 

 lists of these nurserymen upon request. In the following States 

 forest tree nursery stock of some species for forest (not landscape) 

 planting within the State may be obtained through the service 

 indicated. 



Sources of forest tree stock. 



Idaho School of Forestry, Moscow, Idaho. 



Kansas Fort Hays Experiment Station, Hays, Kans. 



Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, Frankfort, Ky. 



Maine State Forest Nursery, Orono, Me. 



Maryland Maryland State Board of Forestry, Baltimore, Md. 



Massachusetts State Forester, Boston, Mass. 



Michigan State Forester, Grayling, Mich. 



Michigan Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich. 



Montana x Mandan Experiment Station, Mandan, N. Dak. 



New Hampshire. .. State Forester, Concord, N. H. 



New York Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y. 



North Dakota * Mandan Experiment Station, Mandan, N. Dak. 



North Dakota State School of Forestry, Bottineau, N. Dak. 



Ohio 2 State Forester, Wooster, Ohio. 



Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Forestry, Harrisburg, Pa. 



South Dakota ] Mandan Experiment Station, Mandan, N. Dak. 



Vermont State Forester, Montpelier, Vt. 



Virginia State Forester, University, Va. 



Wisconsin Conservation Commissioner, Madison, Wis. 



Wyoming l Mandan Experiment Station, Mandan, N. Dak. 



SEED COLLECTION, EXTRACTION, AND STORAGE. 

 SEED COLLECTION. 



Nearly any kind of tree seed can be bought from commercial seed 

 houses, but often it may be cheaper and otherwise more advantageous 

 to collect it near home. The collected seed will certainly be fresh, 

 and the seedlings grown from it should be perfectly hardy so far as 

 the climate is concerned. 



TIME TO COLLECT. 



Seed should be collected when ripe. For most kinds this means 

 during autumn. Collecting may be extended into the winter for 



1 The Mandan Experiment Station furnishes stock only to residents of eastern Montana and Wyoming 

 and western North and South Dakota. 



2 Nursery stock is distributed in Ohio only for demonstration or experimental purposes. 



