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REPORT OF THE 



No. 7 



Besides the above-mentioned fertilizers, a small quantity of artificial fer- 

 tilizers was used more as an experiment. The soil at this nursery is a coarse sand 

 and artificial fertilizers leach rapidly away as soon as they are made available. 



The following artificial fertilizers were used: 



Tankage 419 lbs. 



Acid Phosphate • 422 « 



Lime 330 " 



Bone Meal 442 " 



Ground Blood 629 « 



2-8-10 336 " 



Nitrate of Soda 260 " 



Sulphate of Ammonia 314 " 



Carbonate of Potash 179 " 



Muriate of Potash 140 " 



Sulphate of Potash 81 " 



Rock Phosphate 121 " 



Besides the above fertilizers black muck is drawn from the swamps during 

 the winter months, and placed on the nursery land at the rate of thirty loads to 

 the acre. This humus, in addition to being rich in plant material, is a great 

 improver of the soil physically, as it acts as a sponge and retains the soil moisture. 

 This provides an excellent outlet for labour in the winter months; this season, 

 2,049 loads were placed on the land. 



(b) Seed. 



All seed is obtained from the extracting plant located 



at Angus, Ontario. 



(c) Seed Beds. 



The fall seed beds were put in from November lst-16th, exceptionally fine 

 calm weather being encountered for the operation. In the spring a few^^beds 

 were put in, to fill in where poor germination from fall planting had occurred. 



The following conifers and hardwoods were sown at this station: 



CONIFERS 



Species: Beds Sown 



Red Pine 324 



White Pine 491 



Scotch Pine 57 



Jack Pine 70 



Norway Spruce 40 



White Spruce 460 



White Cedar 37 



Red Cedar 4 



Total 1,483 Beds 



HARDWOODS 



Species: No. of Bushels 



Red Oak 32 



Walnut 247 



Butternut 5 



White Ash 10 



Hard Maple 10 



Black Cherry 6 



Basswood 10 



Soft Maple 2 



Elm 10 



332 Bush. 



The germination was very poor in our red pine and white spruce beds and 

 only fair in the others. 



Damping off was not prevalent to any great extent. 



