Sec 6 lings. 



Seedling stock will have to be depended upon 

 to raise the capacity to 4,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 

 1917, :.;o maintain it ,f or two years. Most of the 

 stock originally eown i'or tranagteftting that doec not 

 appear too dense in the "beds, will lie over next year, 

 and then be shipped aa seedling stock. (See Capacity 



Adding the area necesaary i'or spring planting, 

 exclusive of beds that will be taken up in the spring 

 and resowed, a total of lour < will be needed $4| 

 the seodli- md next year. While this additional 

 acre of see beds will cause no crowding of the land, 

 yet it will neoescitate putting on Large number of 

 new beau on tha third be. oh has several disad- 

 vantages, namely: Loss water pressure; more weeds, and 

 distance center of in^teri^l and equipment. 

 Stwever, if we continue to ,rov; iy seedling stock, 

 arrangements can be m&fe for a iaor< :ematic handling 

 of the beds on the upper bench, i'he volneae of water in 

 the high ditch vrill be sufficient, but additional mains 

 and settling boxes v/ill have to be installed to supply 

 what lacks in pressure on the third bench from the 



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