186 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Additions to Property. — Two very necessary buildings were constructed this 

 year. A two storey frame shed 20' x 60' was built to meet the demands of inside 

 storage space for seed bed rails, stakes, frames, stringing tables, lath mats, 

 crates, crating material and various sorts of dressed lumber requisite to every 

 forest station. 



Norfolk County leads in tree planting. Many plantations originated several 

 years ago and are now bearing an annually increasing quantity of cones. The 

 requirement of a seed extracting plant long felt, has this year been overcome, 

 by the building of a three storey concrete structure 20' x 30' in dimension. 

 This plant is capable of meeting maximum demands for many years to come, 

 and is a most important addition to the station. 



Roads. — All woods roads have been brushed and widened. 



One and three quarter miles of new fire line 24 feet in width was cleared 

 and grubbed, while a narrower 16 foot belt one mile in length was cut, delineating 

 three one-hundred acre lots. 



With the exception of a short fire line of 650 yards yet to be cleared, the 

 entire thirteen lots comprising the station, are now protected by these fire 

 roads. All old lines have been maintained by discing and plowing. 



Silviculture. — During the past winter and early spring, eighty acres of 

 mixed hardwood type on Lot 23, Concession 6, was subjected to improvement 

 cutting. An additional area comprising approximately one hundred acres of 

 brush land on Lots 19, 20, 21, 5th Concession, has been cleaned up in anticipation 

 of planting permanent stock during the ensuing year. 



Protection. — Three men were employed during the summer months on the 

 work of eradicating members of the family "ribes," for the prevention of the 

 white pine blister rust. No report of an outbreak of this disease was recorded. 

 The immunity belt was considerably enlarged. 



The work of the white pine weevil was apparent and, curiously, more 

 prevalent during the latter part of June and in July. It cannot be said, however, 

 that more damage than usual was caused by this pest. Infected leaders and 

 all trees showing disease were destroyed. 



No fire damage occurred on the property in spite of the fact that the spring 

 season was an exceptionally dry one. Several neighbouring fires were reported 

 and assistance sent from this point. 



The stock list of material at this station is as follows: 



HARDWOODS 



Ash, White 122,000 



Butternut 59,600 



Basswood 1,200 



Beech 1 1,000 



Birch, White 10,200 



Chestnut 4,000 



Catalpa 2,600 



Elm, American 102,600 



Hickory 250 



Hackberry 450 



Locust, Black 4,000 



Locust. Honey 18,400 



Maple, Manitoba 2,950 



Maple, Soft 61,000 



Maple, Red 27,000 



Maple, Hard 159,000 



Oak, Red 4,000 



Poplar, Rooted 2,000 



Poplar, Cuttings 250,000 



Tulip 10,300 



Walnut, Black 76,000 



Willow, Rooted 300 



Willow, Cuttings 50,000 



978,850 



