1925 



DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



107 



Provincial Forest Stations; 



St. Williams 



Seed beds: Spring sowing of seed beds commenced on April 5th and con- 

 tinued until May 26th, a total of 244 beds being sown. On October 16th work 

 was commenced in connection with fall sowing. A total of 1,080 beds completed 

 the season's nursery operations. As may be noted, the tendency toward fall 

 seeding has increased. Good results are obtained while a more equal division of 

 labour is brought about, permitting more time during the spring for transplanting 

 one- and two-year-old seedlings. 



Nursery Lines: The pt^ctice of lining out the bulk of transplants during the 

 fall season is gradually being done away with until this work, it is hoped, will be 

 carried on entirely as a spring operation. A dry fall, followed by winter-killing 

 and frost-heaving during early spring, invariably causes a heavy loss of seedlings 

 which have been lined out in the fall. During the spring, 2,852,080 plants were 

 lined out. 



In addition to the foregoing disposal of seedlings, a considerable number of 

 one- and two-year-old transplants were shipped, both during the spring and fall, 

 to the provincial forestry stations situated at Orono and Midhurst. A total of 

 3,784,000 plants were shipped to these stations. 



Tree seed is obtained almost entirely from material collected by the Forestry 

 Branch. The bulk of seed procured comes from Simcoe county, while the seed 

 of such species as scotch and jackpine is collected from older plantations on and 

 about the Norfolk Forest Station. Present seed stored at St. Williams is as 

 follows: 



Species 



Origin 



When 

 Collected 



Pounds 



Ounces 



White Pine 



Red Pine 



Scotch Pine. . . . 



Jack Pine 



Austrian Pine. . 

 White Spruce . . , 

 White Spruce. . 

 Norway Spruce. 

 Sitka Spruce. . . 

 White Cedar. . . 

 White Cedar. . . 



Hemlock 



Tamarack 



Balsam 



Balsam 



Total . 



Simcoe County. . 

 Simcoe County. . 

 Norfolk County. 

 Norfolk County. 

 Norfolk County . 

 Simcoe County. . 



Danish 



Central Europe. 



B.C 



Simcoe County. , 

 Simcoe County. . 

 Simcoe County. . 

 Simcoe County. . 

 Simcoe County. . 

 Simcoe County. . 



1924 

 1923 

 1924 

 1923 

 1923 

 1924 

 1922 

 1922 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1922 

 1924 

 1922 

 1924 



114 



1,208 



127 



24 



1 

 70 



2 



2 



10 

 52 

 51 

 11 



6 

 78 

 23 



1,780 



Additions to property: A building 22 feet by 24 feet was constructed to serve 

 the purpose of a combined office and storehouse. A full-sized nine-foot basement 

 provides ample space for surplus tools and all other equipment, while on the main 

 floor, such supplies that are in constant use are conveniently hung on racks. 

 Every article is checked out, thereby obtaining a much closer tab on the tools 

 that are operating. 



Roads: Several new roads have been constructed, dividing woodland and 

 plantation areas into smaller units, thereby facilitating access and reducing fire 

 hazard. Roads were brushed and widened where necessary. Old fire roads 



