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forest reserves and in other parts of the State where is should receive ade- 

 quate protection. The area of the game preserve could easily be increased 

 when necessary and one or two forest rangers could easily look after the game 

 and still be able to attend to a good deal of forest work. It is hoped that the 

 legislature will authorize the State Fish and Game Warden and the State 

 Board of Forestry to co-operate in establishing and gradually stocking a 

 game preserve. 



FOREST NURSERIES 



In the fall of 1910, the site for a large forest nursery was cleared at 

 Big Trout Lake, which is in the heart of the forest reserve in Vilas County. 

 In^the spring of 1911, the seed was sown in the beds and seedling count made 

 in September, 1911, showed that the beds contained the following number of 

 seedlings : 



White Pine 460,992 



Norway Pine 579,312 



Scotch Pine 198,960 



Western Yellow 89,376 



Norway Spruce 98,832 



Total seedlings 1,427,472 



The entire nursery work has been done under the direct supervision of F. B. 

 Moody, Assistant State Forester, and he has been very successful in raising 

 strong, clean seedlings. 



In May, 1911, the following transplants were purchased from the Forestry 

 Department, Michigan Agricultural College, and set out upon denuded lands 

 within the forest reserves: 



White Pine 181,200 



Norway Pine 1,000 



Western Yellow 5,000 



Norway Spruce 5,000 



Total transplants 192,200 



The Western Yellow pine has done remarkably well, the plants being 

 wonderfully hardy, and grow so rapidly that it is hoped this species will prove 

 well adapted to the climate of Northern Wisconsin. Another large forest 

 nursery will be established near Tomahawk Lake in Oneida County, and it 

 is expected that within a few years the State will be in position to sell 

 plants at cost to individuals and companies that may wish to reforest their 

 cut over lands, which are not restocking naturally. 



The College of Agriculture of the University and the State Geological 

 Survey are making a detailed soil survey of the northern and less settled 

 portions of the State, and it is thought that when the areas of non-agricul- 



