1927 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 169 



IV. — Reforestation 



Provincial Forest Stations: 



St. Williams (Norfolk County). 

 Orono (Durham County). 

 Midhurst (Simcoe County). 



Provincial Transplant Nurseries: 



Sand Banks (Prince Edward County). 

 Kemptville (Grenville County). 



County Forests: 



Hendrie (Simcoe County). 



Vivian (York County). 



Northumberland (Northumberland and Durham Counties). 



Uxbridge (Ontario County). 



Private Forests. 



Tree Planting: 



Private Planting. 

 Demonstration Plots. 



Seed Collecting: 



Summary of Nursery Stock. 



Summary of Tree Distribution. 



St. Williams Nursery 



Extension of improvement cuttings on natural woodland sites, characterized 

 late fall and winter operations. In this connection it is felt that a continuance 

 of such a policy tends to materially better the condition of the healthy trees 

 that are left, since the removal of sickly and otherwise undesirable growth 

 enhances the development of the superior species. 



In order to maintain a permanent organization the executive field staff 

 was retained the year round. Little difficulty is encountered in keeping these 

 men employed during the winter, as, in addition to general work of a repairing 

 and of a preparatory nature, there is always recourse to silvicultural work. 



Specific reference may be made to the construction of 3,000 crates for tree 

 disposal, seed extraction, and plantation management. In connection with 

 this latter activity eleven of the older plantations totalling an area of 70 acres 

 were thinned, with a resultant yield of 68.8 cords of wood which is being used 

 on the premises as fuel. Nursery work commenced on the 29th March, nearly 

 two weeks later than in the spring of 1925. 



Sixty employees were added to the staff, making a total personnel of seventy- 

 four. Twenty-six temporary men were taken on later in April to assist in the 

 disposal of permanent planting stock, and the transplanting of a new crop, all 

 of which must be executed within a curtailed period of time. 



The lifting of nursery stock for distribution commenced in April. Al- 

 though the frost was not out of the lower lying sections, it was possible to work 



