HOW TO GROW A FOREST FROM SEED 



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top carriage with. This platform I found was the best place 

 to dry the cones as they got all the hot sun as well as wind. 

 Fortunately we had a hot, dry spell of weather and but little 

 rain. If the cones get wet they close up. Every day I stirred 

 them up once or several times with a rake. When well 

 opened I thrashed them and carefully raked off the cones and 



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Fig. 6. A sample of four to six inch White Pine seedlings from a Western 

 nursery. Price 5?'3.oo per thousand when purchased in quantities ; 5>4.oo for 

 single thousands. 



gathered up the seed. I obtained about five bushels of seed. 

 I did not winnow it or take pains to get it very clear from 

 needles, etc. It took me about two weeks to get the seed 

 from the cones." 



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