SOWING METHODS AS APPLIED TO SPECIES AND REGIONS 139 



3. Q. What fertilizer do they use in seed beds? How much? A. Ordinary 

 commercial fertilizers in quantities determined by local soil conditions. See p. 124. 



4. Q. What sort of packages are used for shipping nursery stock? Is stock 

 puddled? A. Seep. 125. 



5. Q. What ages of nursery stock are chiefly used? A. See p. 126. 



6. Q. What spacing is generally adopted in planting? If we assume that we 

 cannot thin are we justified in spacing widely? A. See p. 125. The French justify 

 wide spacing even with intensive thinnings. 



7. Q. Just what tools and methods are used for field planting? A. See pp. 

 127, 128. 



8. Q. Is pine seed generally sowed broadcast or in drills in the seed beds, and 

 why? A. See p. 124. Cultivation is easier and it takes less seed. 



9. Q. Do they use much seedling stock or transplants in conifers? A. Seed- 

 ling stock is very much preferred because it is cheaper. 



10. Q. What spacing and arrangement of transplant rows is adopted? Do they 

 irrigate transplants? A. See pp. 123, 124. 



Since the officer who raised these questions had the supervision of a very large and 

 important nursery it is desired to emphasize their importance by special page references. 



