180 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



STOCK ON HAND FOR 1927 DISTRIBUTION 



Number 



White Pine 12,400 



Red Pine 10,600 



White Spruce 4,000 



Norway Spruce 2,500 



Cedar 3,000 



Soft Maple 2,000 



34,500 

 Other trees in various stages of growth number 44,500 



Grand total 79,000 



COUNTY FORESTS 

 Hendrie 



Seven hundred and seventy-five acres of the one thousand acre block has 

 been planted. There are fifty acres of open land to plant and the remainder of 

 the block is covered with second growth poplar, and a small area of swamp. 

 All plantations are doing well. 



Fire roads were cultivated during summer, keeping weeds and grass down. 

 A veranda was put on back of foreman's house. 



Sixty-five acres of new plantation were planted in the spring. This planta- 

 tion is especially interesting as stock used was white pine (1-2) and two-year-old 

 red pine seedlings. The loss in this plantation during summer was : white pine, 

 5 per cent. ; red pine, 10 per cent. The cost for planting, including furrowing, 

 hauling, supervision and planting was $5.02 per acre. 



The following trees were planted during season : — 



Red Pine 74,000 



White Pine 143,000 



Jack Pine 6,000 



Scotch Pine 9,000 



232,000 



Vivian 

 Trees planted were as follows: — 



Red Pine 29,000 



White Pine 44,000 



Scotch Pine 50,000 



Jack Pine 60,000 



Poplar 31,000 



214,000 



During the year 630 rods of rail fence was built and 200 rods of wire fence. 

 One mile of fire line was cut through wooded areas and two and one-half acres of 

 woodland was improved. 



During the summer two fires occurred on grass land adjacent to the forest 

 property. The first, which occurred in April, burned 125 acres, the second in 

 July, 150 acres. By taking on extra help for a few days these fires were con- 

 trolled and kept off the property. 



