176 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



PLANTATIONS IN SOUTH SECTION 



Number 



Species: of trees 



Red, White, Scotch, Jack Pine 1,615 



Red and White Pine^ 4,840 



Silver Maple and White Ash 905 



Walnut and Butternut 810 



8,170 



PLANTATIONS IN NORTH SECTION 



Number 



Species: of trees 



White Ash 605 



Silver Maple 1,210 



Red Maple 1,210 



Scotch and White Pine 910 



Red and White Pine 910 



European Larch 605 



Walnut and Butternut 1,210 



All species 1,515 



8,175 



An addition of 2.5 acres was made to the hardwood plantation in the north- 

 west corner of the property. This addition consisted of alternate rows of white 

 ash, white elm and red maple — one-year stock — a total of 3,025 trees. 



Buildings: Building operations were confined to the construction of a 

 double garage 20 feet by 20 feet, of cobble stones and frame construction and 

 of the cottage roof type. This building was located immediately in the rear 

 fo the headquarters house. 



The roof of the barn which was on the property when acquired was re- 

 shingled. 



Roads: The main drive through the nursery was extended below the fifth 

 concession in order to render the plantations in the south section easily accessible. 

 Nursery roads were laid out in this section and graded in order to facilitate 

 operations. 



Publicity: This year, in pursuance of the policy adopted in 1923, exhibits 

 were placed at four fairs. These were: Peterborough, in Peterborough County; 

 Lindsay, in Victoria County; Markham, in York County; and Orono, in Durham 

 County. The fairs were of five, four, two and one days' duration, respectively. 



At Peterborough a number of transparencies and an automatic motion 

 picture machine were added to the exhibit, doing much to enhance its value. 

 At Markham and Orono an automatic balopticon was used in place of the 

 transparencies and the motion picture machine. This also proved of great 

 display value. 



Owing to the very wet weather, which rendered practically all fairs a failure 

 this year, the immediate results of the exhibit were not as apparent as in former 

 years. The farmers were tied to the land by a late harvest and a wet fall. At 

 the four fairs visited, there was rain on three days of the five at Peterborough,^ 

 two of the four at Lindsay, and on the one day at Orono. 



In addition to exhibiting at the fall fairs, we co-operated with the Durham 

 County Representative of the Department of Agriculture by giving lectures on 

 reforestation and forestry questions generally, at the Agricultural Short Course, 

 held at Orono during the winter. A small exhibit with an appropriate card 

 was used to embellish the Durham and Northumberland Counties exhibit in 

 the Department of Agricultural section at the Canadian National Exhibition, 

 also as a result of this co-operation. 



