Fort'statutn fin Xatiunal ForrstM 



Hil 



^iratcsl lii-ruif iMiriiiiH'iifiii^; work 

 Oil a lai"f,'f scale, il is felt thai iiifm- 

 sivo cxpcriiiieiitM must Im> iiia<l<' in 

 order to decide upon tin- liest nie- 

 thoils. To start with, the hulk of the 

 reforestation is to he hy dii"ect seed- 

 ing, concentral«'d on the bo8t sites in 

 the most favorable districts. 



Prior to the li.scal year IDll, l.S, 

 TT'j.OOO acres hat! been reforestetl, 

 mostly on an intensive scale; the re- 

 sult on probably at least ninety per 

 cenlof thearea has been failurt' The.se 

 early failures were due (1) ciiietly to 

 the unfavorable sites; (2^ because the 

 work was so seattered that the ro- 

 dents did an enormous amount of 

 damafje; and ( •'{ i becau.se of insuffi- 

 cient care in plant inpr and sowing. 

 During the yeai- ending June :}Oth, 

 11)11, a totaf of '2r}:2M).')\ acres was 

 reforested at an aggregate cost of 

 $1;{;{,H02.(H or about .^a.-JO an acre. 

 In considering this low cost, however, 

 it must be boi'ue in mind that most of 

 the area was merely .seed-spotted, and 

 probably complete success cannot be 

 expected on more than, perhaps. r>.0(M) 

 acres. 



Two general methods were employ- 

 ed, namely, direct seeding on the best 

 sites and planting thrifty nursery 

 stock on the less favoi'able sites.* The 

 «lirect st'eding covt're«l a total of 2'-i,- 

 2;ir).()4 acres. This re<juire<l an enor- 

 mous supply of .seed which was either 

 collecte(| by local officers or purchas- 

 ed. The conifer seed collected 

 amounted to .VJ.7!>8.4r) llw. at $1.24 

 per lb.; the hardwoo«ls, 10.632 lbs. at 

 11. fie per lb. The conifers purel -- 

 ed amounted to 2<»,7i{4 lb. at a ».).>: 

 of 78c per lb.; the hardwoods 28.- 

 162.5 lb. at :M;<' per lb. The total 

 amoMtit of .seetl .secured ainoU'ifed to 

 118.:{2«i.:t:> lb. at a cost of .fsS.riHriiO. 



It has Ix'en determined thnt the 

 cheai>est and beat metho<I of socuring 

 satisfactory seed is by the purcl- 

 of cones, and seed extraction by ''■■■ 

 local force: seed coIb»«'tion should I- 

 concentrated in favorable localities 



'Reforestation on ilistinctly unfavorable 

 sites is not sanctioned. 



and during favorable li UuH 



bi-en foun<l cheaper !■ ' i. .-._.,. 



amounts in good H«-ed-.v re 



for one or two yeam, tlwin to collect 

 during unfavorable '' 'inar- 



ily, in the western 1 ;...>,, the 



best sea.son for sowing has U-en the 

 I'all, and, since most of the H«*e<l rip- 

 ■ •ns in September, it is i; -y to 



• ■ollect seed the year befo;: ... urder 

 to have it available for fall sowinf;. 

 Tilt.' best plac<? to store the seed in in 

 sealed gbuss jars kej»t at a moder- 

 ately low temperature. The Norway 

 si)ruce Seed purchase*! abroad (at 'i'2t: 

 per lb.) has proved very un.Hatisfau- 

 tory and there is a general b- * y 

 in using exotics under ordin.;:.. u- 

 d it ions. The deodar seed so gener«>iiN- 

 ly lionated by the Indian Forest S4T- 

 vice ditl not germinate. 



The sowing oj)erations have Iwen 

 mainly by three methods: (1) broad- 

 casting; (2) see<i-spotting, and (3) 

 corn-planting or dibbling. The bn)ad- 

 casting of eoniterous .s«'ed on unpre- 

 pared ground has resulted in failures 

 and in the future most dire<'t S4M'din(( 

 will lie by the .seed-spot method with 

 some corn-planting on very favorable 

 ground. Taking the wj'stern Tnited 

 States as a whole, fall seeding has 

 I»roved more .satisfactory than winter 

 or spring .seeding, chiefly Ufause fall 

 sowing germinates four to six w<>«>lai 

 earlier tlian spring .sowing. 



In the future the siles will Im* map- 

 ped in advanc«' and will Im* ]■■ • tl 

 with wheat Inith In-fore and at >- 



ing to curtail the ilaniage by riMienta. 

 The chief species UHcd in ' are 



yellow pine. Dougla.s fir. \v " T 



amounts of Kngebnann ny .:• • 



pole pine, sugar pine, black walnut, 

 white oak. Jiml still ^ ^ 



of iiuiriliiiie pine • <? 



average est of s . >t 



luethodH sfKits placeci 6 ft. X ti ft. 

 vith twenty to thirty " h 



•■ ■' . is$} "- • •■ ' 



this I 

 $.'{..'>() to $t (NJ an acre. 



While n .'sf of • i 



be done by sowing, .>•■ "-'iii* j-niruinf 



