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Station No. 2. 



No buildings were erected at this Station. 



Road extension includes the construction of one mile of gravel on the 

 property, and re-surfacing of one mile of old road. In spite of the dry summer 

 all property roads were maintained in good condition. 



Twenty acres of good nursery land were tiled, broken up and summer 

 fallowed. The soil is deep, rich and friable. 



Permanent windbreaks were established on a thirty acre field, subdividing 

 it into five (six acre) compartments. One compartment of this new land is 

 being used for the development of nursery stock. 



(3) Permanent Planting 



On account of failures due to drought and a severe visitation of "white 

 grub," Lachnosterna, extensive "fillings" in the more recently established 

 plantations were necessitated. Each and every plantation at both Stations 

 Nos. 1 and 2 were thoroughly inspected and all gaps replanted. 



Twenty-one experimental plantations were set out at Station No. 2 using 

 red pine in mixture with other species. 



Thirteen two-acre plots were furrowed in October in preparation for the 

 establishment of the Scotch pine group. These experimental plantings should 

 prove interesting since Pinus sylvestrus of five definite and widely spread origins 

 will be planted. A complete description of the arrangement, spacing, grouping 

 and associations, will be incorporated in the 1931 Annual Report. 



Five new plantations were set out at Station No. 1. 



A total of 115,000 trees 2-1 stock of red pine was required to complete this 

 planting. 



In addition to the experimental plantations set out at Station No. 2, a ten- 

 acre plantation of red pine was established and a total of 10,350 trees were 

 planted. 



PERMANENT PLANTING FOR 1930 



Species Number 



White Pine 2,784 



Red Pine 278,788 



Scotch Pine 53,589 



Jack Pine 8,148 



White Spruce 40,932 



Norway Spruce 4,900 



White Cedar 1,200 



Elm 1,350 



Balsam 3,128 



Willow 13,000 



Carolina Poplar 7,358 



Red Cedar 1,786 



White Ash 7,166 



Soft Maple 6,637 



Korean Larch 3,100 



Total 433,866 



(4) Protection 

 Animals. 



All dead wood in the older windbreaks was cut out. The entire nursery 

 section at both Stations was thoroughly cleaned up twice during the year — spring 

 and fall. 



Damage from mice and other rodents was practically nil, and it is felt that 

 the expenditure in maintaining a clean nursery is well worth while from this 



