1928 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS UP 



Classification of Maps. 



This rather prosaic operation, carried out during the past summer, was 

 made possible by the enlarged quarters of the Branch. Some five hundred 

 documents were sorted, classified and catalogued. 



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 oj Nursery Stock. 



Summary of Tree Distribution. 



Saint Williams Nursery 



During the late fall of 1926, and winter of 1927, a small staff of fifteen men 

 was retained for the purpose of carrying on essential work of a reparatory nature. 

 These men included first and second foremen, clerk, nine gang bosses, and three 

 teamsters. 



When weather conditions were favourable for outside work, silvicultural 

 operations were carried on over a section of natural woodland comprising a 

 portion of the Station. This policy of improvement cuttings has been con- 

 sistently adhered to for a number of years with the result that several hundred 

 acres of young forest are now being managed on strict forest principles. This 

 work, aside from providing an example for the proper handling of farm woodlots 

 in the community, is effective in producing stands of superior species and an 

 increased annual increment. 



