128 



REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



TREES FOR DISTRIBUTION IN 1928 



Conifers: 

 White Pine. . . . 



Red Pine 



Scotch Pine .... 



Jack Pine 



White Spruce. . 

 Norway Spruce . 

 White Cedar. . . 

 Red Cedar 



515,000 

 335,000 

 475,000 

 100,000 

 200,600 

 125,000 

 26,000 

 4,000 



1,780,600 



Hardwoods: 



Walnut 



Butternut 



Elm 



Ash 



Soft Maple 



Hard Maple. . . . 



Rted Oak 



Black Cherry. . . 

 Basswood ...... 



Poplar Cuttingfe. 

 Willow Cuttings. 



13,500 

 5,000 



22,000 

 100,000 



51,500 



1,000 



1,000 



5,000 



800 



30,000 



25,000 



Total 



Other trees in various stages of development, 9,934,700. 



254,800 



2,035,400 



MiDHURST Nursery 



A change in superintendents took place late in August. Only fifteen 

 permanent men were carried through the winter, but the average monthly 

 number of men on the pay-roll for the year was twenty-eight. No building was 

 done during the year. 



Silviculture. — Improvement cuttings were made during the winter, removing 

 all diseased, crooked and undesirable trees from the woodlots. The poplar 

 canker (Hypoxylon pruinatum), which attacks large-toothed poplars up to ten 

 inches D.B.H., continues to kill thousands of trees through this part of the 

 country. Trees affected with this disease are removed on this station as quickly 

 as they are detected. 



From the trees removed 371 small logs were drawn to the local milFand 

 sawn into lumber for making shipping crates. 



Other Winter Work. — During the winter 401 loads of muck were drawn from 

 the swamp and spread on the land to increase the humus content of the soil. 



In all 360 shipping crates were made. 



FERTILIZERS APPLIED TO SEED-BEDS AND NURSERY LINES, 1927 



Manures 368 tons 



Bone Meal 357 lbs. 



Acid Phosphate 263 lbs. 



Nitrate of Soda 63 lbs. 



CONIFEROUS SEED BEDS 



Sown 

 Species: Fall 1926 



Red Pine 117 



White Pine 44 



Scotch Pine 42 



Jack Pine 



Norway Spruce 37 



White Spruce 9 



White Cedar 9 



Hemlock 6 



26 



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