1906 



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mer of 1905. In December following, 

 450,000 western yellow pine, and some 

 other seedlings, were growing in it, 

 covering three-fifths of an acre. Plant- 

 ed in July, the pines had made at the 

 end of the growing season two inches 

 of top, and 8 to 12 inches of root, with 



over, these same slopes are in most 

 immediate need of attention. This 

 pine should presently do a great deal 

 to relieve the local situation. The fur- 

 ther and larger use of the planting will 

 come in the form of an object lesson 

 to the people of that section. But it 



Courtesy Forest Service. 



Ft. Bayard Forest Nursery, showing seed beds of Bull Pine, photo taken 30 days 

 trom date of seed sowing, August, 1905. 



some laterals one inch long. They will 

 probably be ready to transplant in the 

 fall of iqo6, or summer of 1907. Their 

 logical place is on the north slopes. 

 Being indigenous here, they should 

 succeed readily when planted. More- 



must be conferred that to expect from 

 these measures anything like a com- 

 plete cessation of erosive activi:y on 

 the watershed as a whole, even if rea- 

 sonable time is allowed, would be the 

 merest folly. 





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