1921-22 



DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



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The following hardwood seeds were sown in drills and belts : 



Sowing of Hardwood Seed. 



Hard maple and white ash were sown in belts 120 feet long by 11 inches 

 wide. These belts were formed by the use of a seeding roller 35 inches long by 

 8 inches in diameter. A belt 11 inches wide and 10 inches in diameter formed the 

 centre of the roller. When rolled over the area this left a depression three- 

 quarter inch to 1 inch deep for the whole width of the area with a 12 inch path 

 between belts. In so far as the actual seeding was concerned this device un- 

 doubtedly proved its efficiency in speeding up the operation. 



Nursery Stock on Hand, January 1st, 1923. 



Coniferous. 



Norway Spruce 

 White Spruce . . 

 Scotch Pine. . . , 



Totals . . . 



Classification. 



4" to 6" 



74,000 



22,000 



112,000 



208,000 



4" to 8" 

 2,000 



2,000 



Totals. 



84,000 



22,000 



114,000 



220,000 



Additions to Property. — A strip of land forty rods long by four rods wide 

 was purchased across the valley which separated the village from the nursery 

 land and a road constructed. This necessitated the erection of two concrete 

 abutments with wings and a concrete culvert. 



MIDHURST. 



The property purchased for this station consists of approximately one 

 thousand acres of land in Vespra Township, Simcoe County, five miles from the 

 Town of Barrie. It covers a part of a large sand plain at one time occupied with 

 fine stands of red and white pine. Some of the property since then has been 



