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REPORT OF THE 



No. 7 



RECORD OF FERTILIZERS APPLIED 



Nov. 1st, 1928, TO Oct. 31st, 1929 



(b) Seed. 



Local tree seed collected this year exceeded all former gatherings. 



Jack Pine cones collected from older private plantations within Norfolk 

 County and neighbouring counties totalled 753 bushels. These cones were 

 purchased directly from the plantation owners, who in many cases made enough 

 money to more than pay off the annual farm taxes. 



Only 34}^ bushels of Scotch Pine cones were purchased, as most of the seed 

 of this species is being procured in Europe from different, definite origins. A 

 concerted effort is being put forth to find just what strains of Scotch Pine are 

 best suited to our widely varying conditions. 



An increasing demand for walnut planting stock has led to the planting of 

 an additional quantity of nuts of this species. Twelve hundred and forty-eight 

 bushels of Black Walnuts were purchased this year at sixty cents per bushel — 

 nuts with husks on. Individual trees have yielded as high as twenty-five bushels 

 of nuts and are a real source of revenue to their owners. 



TREE SEED ON HAND— FALL, 1929 



Amount 



Species: in Pounds 



Red Pine 13 



White Pine .^ 455 



Scotch Pine .....* 25 



Jack Pine 567 



White Spruce 447 



Norway Spruce 50 



White Cedar 15 



Red Cedar 2 



Austrian Pine 12 



European Larch 6 



Balsam 125i 



Hemlock 5 



Sitka Spruce 10 



1,619^ lbs. 



(c) Seed Beds. 



An early "freeze-up" on the 27th of November brought nursery operations 

 to a standstill. Ordinarily it has been quite possible to continue fall seeding well 

 into the month of December. 



As a result of this abnormal condition, the schedule of fall seeding was not 

 completed and several hundred beds will of necessity have to be sown in the 

 spring of 1930. 



Seed sown throughout the year is herewith tabulated under two headings: — 



(a) Coniferous seed sown. 



(b) Deciduous seed sown. 



