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(2) Improvements. 



Due to changes in the highway and the addition of new property, over 

 one mile of fence was erected and an equal amount left over for another year. 

 All fence posts used were grown on the property and the butts creosoted. 



All compartments were rearranged into two-acre blocks, with the long 

 sides of the compartments at right angles to the prevailing winds, and the narrow 

 ends opening on the new highways. 



During the year 4.6 miles of hedges were planted, 1,2 miles of which were 

 white cedar and the remainder spruce. The cedar was planted chiefly along 

 Highway No. 26 and along the fences of the main line of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway. The spruce was planted chiefly as boundaries for compartments and 

 internal roads. 



It has been found necessary to give the seed-bed ground a year and a half 

 rest by growing a legume crop before again planting to seed-beds. This has 

 meant the changing of the seed-bed ground from a three to a four-year rotation. 

 For this reason, new seed-bed areas had to be piped with 4-inch mains. Altogether 

 2,000 feet of mains were laid. 



In the season of 1927-28 a total of 1,150 feet of field tile were laid. Most 

 of this was needed to drain spring-holes and low spots in good fields. 



During the year seven parcels of land totalling 261 acres were added to the 

 station as follows: — 



Township of VesprA' 



Con. 5, Lot 11, E. ^ portion 15.0 acres 



Con. 5, Lot II, W. li portion . 75 " 



Con. 5, Lot 12, N.E. portiori 14.6 " 



Con. 5, Lot 13, E. J^ portion 100.0 " 



Coll. 6, Lot 10, W. 3^ portion 100.0 " 



Con. 6, Lot 12, S.E. >4 portion 27.2 « 



Con. 6, Lot 13, N.E. J^ portion 3.45" 



Total 261 « 



This brings the total acreage of the Provincial Forest Station up to 1,191 

 acres. 



In acquiring the above new property, there was one brick house, one small 

 frame house, one large barn and a smaller one added to those now possessed. 

 The large barn was moved a distance of one mile on four logging sleighs to the 

 headquarters group of buildings in March. During the summer this was raised 

 on a foundation. The board siding was taken off and used for mow bottoms and 

 was replaced by corrugated iron siding. The smaller barn was moved to an incon- 

 spicuous position and is being fitted up to hold several teams so that they can be 

 fed at noon without bringing them back to the stables. 



Some repairs were made to the two newly acquired houses, such as new roofs, 

 evetroughs, etc. A new headquarters house with office attached was built to 

 the east of the present headquarters buildings. The lower story is of brick 

 veneer and the upper story of stucco. 



A small portable gyproc building 10 feet by 12 feet was made to be used 

 for moving to whatever part of the property that large numbers of men will 

 be employed for any length of time. It will be used as a shelter in case of rain 

 and a place where the men may eat their dinners with a saving of much time in 

 walking to and from the headquarters. The building formerly used as an outer 



