ADMINISTRATION 81 



Sam's Forests. The seeds are first carefully sown 

 in seed beds and left to develop in these from 

 one to three years. At the end of one year they 

 may be transplanted in nursery rows where they 

 will have more room to develop. Rapidly growing 

 species like yellow pine are kept only a year in the 

 seed bed and perhaps one or two years in the trans- 

 plant beds; but slow growing species, like cedar, 

 must remain in the seed beds two years and 

 usually two years in the transplant beds. All this 

 depends upon the species and the site upon which it 

 is to be planted. 



If my reader were to visit the Pikes Peak region 

 during spring or fall he would doubtless encounter 

 large gangs of men planting young trees on the 

 barren mountain slopes. Under the proper super- 

 vision of Forest officers some of the men will be seen 

 digging holes with a mattock while others are com- 

 ing directly behind them with bags or boxes with 

 wet moss or burlap, containing small trees. These 

 men are called respectively the diggers and 

 planters. Two men will plant from 500 to 1,000 

 trees a day, depending upon how deep the holes 

 must be dug to accommodate the roots, whether the 

 ground is bare or covered with sod, whether the land 



