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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



driven centrifugal pump capable of raising 10,000 gallons of water per hour. 

 Underground water mains have been extended and very little further work is 

 necessary to complete a system of irrigation that will provide water for every 

 nursery compartment. 



Another addition to property worthy of note and which marks a distinctive 

 advancement relates to the installation of Hydro-Electric. 



Roads: Aside from maintaining all woodland roads in a good condition 

 a considerable amount of work was expended in the construction of main 

 gravel roads throughout the nursery area. Thousands of tourists drive through 

 our property each year, creating a condition which we consider warrants the 

 building of possible driveways. 



Two and one quarter miles of road, namely, part of the fifth concession, 

 have been taken over by the Station. One-half of a mile of this road now 

 gravelled, and otherwise improved, is considered a first-class highway. 



Work in connection with road building commenced this fall on the Norman - 

 dale property. Fifteen teams and twenty men are employed hauling gravel 

 for the construction of the main road that is to pass through that section. 



The Department is fortunate in possessing a fine gravel pit convenient to 

 the road that is being built. 



Silviculture: Twenty-five acres of woodland were subjected to improve- 

 ment cutting. This area comprised a two storey forest made up of large black 

 oak and a forty-year-old under forest of white oak, white ash, silver maple and 

 scattered hickory. The black oak was converted into logs and fuel. On account 

 of a surplus of fuel, very little clean cutting of the scrub oak type was done. It 

 has in past years been our policy to clear those sections of the property on which 

 inferior natural growth existed, and afterwards plant out superior species, but 

 now, since the Normandale property has been acquired, there will be an outlet 

 for our permanent planting stock, should there be a surplus, after spring ship- 

 ments take place. 



Only one new plantation was established in 1926. This comprised four 

 acres of three-year-old European larch set out during late fall. It has been 

 found inadvisable, as a general rule, to set out plantations in the fall, as there 

 is a greater loss sustained than from spring planting. 



A record of the total permanent planting effected throughout the year is 

 herewith submitted. 



