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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



ORONO. 



As this station was acquired during the late summer of 1922, a description 

 of the property, its area, position and conditions may be given first. This new 

 nursery consists of approximately 147^ acres and is situated in Clarke Town- 

 ship, Durham County. The headquarters are on the outskirts of the Village of 

 Orono, about one-third mile from the C. N. R. station. The C. P. R. and 

 G. T. R. are also available in emergency, the former being three miles, the latter 

 five miles south. There are also excellent opportunities for securing labour and 

 a creek which flows to the north of the area, along the east side, penetrates the 

 boundary in two places. Telephone and electric light services are also available. 



The area chosen is on the shore line of the glacial Lake Iroquois, with a 

 general southerly aspect. The soil varies greatly from a medium heavy loam n 

 a small portion to a pure medium sand, blowing in patches in the south. lin 

 general, however, the soil is a warm, sandy loam. The southerly aspect of the 

 property and the general porosity of the soil renders the solution of the drainage 

 question fairly easy. 



There are approximately 100 acres of land suitable for intensive nursery 

 work — seed beds and transplant lines. The remainder of the area, 47^ acres, 

 is largely included in a valley of from 20 to 60 feet deep and from 200 to 600 feet 

 wide which extends from the northeast corner along the east side of the property 

 swinging diagonally in the southern portion to the west side. This offers a 

 good chance for demonstration plantations and, as stated before, since the soil 

 embraces practically all classes from heavy loam to blow sand and as all aspects 

 from north to south are available in larger or smaller areas, practically all 

 species may be represented. 



This nursery situated in the heart of a rolling farming country, where every 

 farm contains a percentage of unprofitable hillside, with a wide area of light soil 

 to the west and with the so-called "pine ridge," largely a blow sand area, approxi- 

 mately six miles wide, extending through York, Ontario, Durham and North- 

 umberland Counties a few miles north. It is excellently placed to serve private 

 requirements as well as any project which may be instituted for the complete 

 reforestation of the ridge. The position of the nursery in a thickly populated 

 and prosperous district is also exceptional for the dissemination of educational 

 propaganda. 



Owing to the fact that the property was taken over late in the season, most 

 of the work instituted was in the nature of soil cultivation and organization of 

 the property. 



However, a small start was made in seed bed work and nursery lines as 

 follows : 



Transplant Beds. 



Transplanting commenced September 7th and terminated October 4th. 

 Material was secured from St. Williams and planted with the Yale Planting 

 Board. 



