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tect the surface of the soil from excessive evaporation. 



Both seed spot sowing and broadcasting of Douglas Fir 

 seed were done on an area located at the bottom of a canyon 

 at an elevation of approximately 9,000 feet. Before the seed 

 spot sowing and broadcasting were started two men spent one- 

 half day scattering poisoned wheat over the area, placing it near 

 fallen logs and in squirrel caches. In the seed spot sowing four 

 men prepared the spots with mattocks, while two men sowed and 

 covered the seed. The spacing of the spots either six by six 

 feet or ten by ten feet was determined by the amount of debris 

 on the ground. Forty-five pounds of Douglas Fir seed were used 

 on an area of approximately forty acres. In the broadcasting, 

 four men worked one-half day and covered an area of about ten 

 acres, sowing an average of four pounds of seed to the acre. 



Below in tabular form are given the various costs : 



The cost per acre also includes time lost in getting equipment to and 

 from the area, meals during this time and team hire. 



An examination made later in the season showed seedlings 

 in about five per cent of the seed spots. Considerable of the 

 seed remains dormant until the next season as has been proven 

 in former work with Douglas Fir. Douglas Fir seed sown in 

 seed spots a year previous did not germinate very well during 

 that summer, but an examination made at the beginning of last 

 year's growing season showed seedlings in a large number of 

 the spots, especially in the spots shaded by Aspen. 



Planting has been quite successful in the Transition type, 

 although the stock was secured from nurseries in other states. 

 The planting area is located on the southwest side of Mount 

 Agassiz, one of the San Francisco Peaks, at an elevation of 8,700 

 feet. The area is fenced to exclude stock; Aspen trees occur 

 in numerous groups throughout the area; and the soil is a grav- 

 elly loam. 2 1 Douglas Fir transplants from the Gallinas Nurs- 

 ery, Las Vegas, New Mexico were planted on four plots, two 

 in the open and two shaded by Aspen. Soil samples to deter- 



