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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Inside operations, when the weather is stormy, include crate construction, 

 seed extraction, painting and repairing of all tools and implements, and the 

 many other small jobs that need to be cleaned up during the dormant season. 



Nursery operations commenced on March 17th. A staff of seventy- three 

 men were taken on strength, and lifting of stock for permanent distribution was 

 commenced immediately. Approximately 4,910,300, all species, were lifted, and 

 indicate the number of trees that were disposed of in the spring of 1927. 



CONIFERS 



Species Number 



White Pine 617,000 



Red Pine 1,167,000 



Scotch Pine. 



Jack Pine 



White Spruce. . . 

 Norway Spruce. 

 White Cedar. . . . 

 European Larch. 



896,000 

 509,000 

 216,000 

 293,000 

 369,000 

 45,000 



4,112,000 



DECIDUOUS 



Species 



White Ash 



White and Yellow Birch. . , 



Elm 



Honey Locust 



Black Locust 



Manitoba Maple 



Soft Maple 



Hard Maple 



Red Oak 



Butternut 



Walnut 



Chestnut 



Basswood 



Willow Cuttings 



Carolina Poplar 



N 



umber 



68,000 



11,000 



117,000 



3,900 



1,200 



3,500 



82,000 



9,000 



38,000 



1,200 



55,000 



10,000 



5,900 



7,600 



385,000 



798,300 



Total 4,910,300 



Concurrent with lifting operations, transplanting of seedlings was carried 

 on. In all, 5,937,500 transplants were transferred from the seed-bed area to 

 nursery lines and includes the following species and number of each lined out: 



TRANSPLANTS LINED OUT DURING SPRING OF 1927 



Hardwoods Number 



Elm 40,000 



Carolina Poplar Cuttings 120,000 



Willow Cuttings 2,000 



Basswood 2,500 



White Birch 15,500 



Yellow Birch 9,000 



Red Oak 13,000 



Pepperidge 3,600 



Beech 1,000 



Hackberry 500 



Soft Maple 600 



Chestnut 1,200 



Totals 208,900 



Grand total 5,937,500 



Conifers Number 



White Pine 2,000,000 



Red Pine 1,400,000 



Scotch Pine 270,000 



Jack Pine 490,000 



White Spruce 800,000 



Norway Spruce 380,000 



Sitka Spruce 2,800 



White Cedar 136,000 



Red Cedar 1,800 



Hemlock 10,000 



Balsam 55,000 



European Larch 183,000 



5,728,600 



