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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Pub. Doc. 



Variety. 



Scotch pine seedlings, 

 Norway spruce seedlings, 

 Balsam fir seedlings, 

 Hemlock seedlings. 

 Red spruce seedlings. 

 Black locust seedlings, . 

 Catalpa speciosa seedlings, . 



Total 



Variety. 



White pine transplants, . 

 White pine transplants, . 

 Norway spruce transplants, . 

 Black locust transplants, 

 Honey locust transplants, 



Total 



Age (Years). 



No. of Trees. 



40,000 

 500,000 

 5,000 

 5.000 

 2,000 



20,000 

 5,000 



5,152,000 



No. of Trees. 



304,000 



Since the planting of last spring, the large number of appli- 

 cations by land owners to reforest their waste land under the 

 reforestation act make it plain that it will be impossible to 

 replant all the land which would be turned over to the State, 

 unless the present limited appropriation is increased. At this 

 time last year only about 500 acres of land had been offered 

 under the act, the balance for last spring's work being taken 

 over during the winter; this year already over 1,200 acres 

 have been offered. Never before has such interest been taken 

 in the work, and the outlook for the coming months is that 

 many more tracts will be offered; and as under the present 

 appropriation only about 1,000 acres can be planted, steps 

 should be taken by the coming Legislature to meet the situation. 



Instrtjction in Planting. 

 While the planting on State land occupies most of our atten- 

 tion during the spring, to the partial exclusion of other work, 

 an attempt was made last year to give practical assistance on 

 the ground to owners inexperienced in forest planting, who 

 were for the first time trying the experiment on a large scale. 

 Advice of this nature was given to the following owners : — 



