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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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At Ilopkinton about an acre of land was ploughed up and made 

 into transplant beds, and set with Norway spruce and white pine 

 seedlings. This nursery has needed very little care except for two 

 or three light wcedings. It should be enlarged the coming spring. 



At East Sandwich a good stand of Scotch pine was obtained, 

 but the loss by drought of this year's seeding of white pine shows 

 the inadvisability of trying to raise this variety from seed in that 

 section, unless an irrigation system can be installed, which would 

 be well worth the outlay both at the Sandwich nursery and at 

 Amherst. 



We shall have from these nurseries about 500,000 transplants 

 and 350,000 three-year seedlings for field use this year, and with 

 our two-year-old stock shall be able to take care of our entire 

 planting work without purchasing elsewhere. 



