Canadian Forestry Journal, December, ipij. 



287 



Pinus Ponderosa also does well here, 

 so far. Abies Nobilis does better in 

 the nursery than the local variety. 

 Our average cost for trees ready to 

 plant out in their permanent loca- 

 tion is $1.80 per thousand. 



Favor Norway Spruce. > 



In 1912 we planted 10,000 trees 

 out. in 1913 about the same number, 

 in 1914. 145,350 and in 1915, 211,510. 

 Practically all of the trees planted 

 out have been Norway Spruce which 

 seem to thrive well. Our only fail- 

 ure has been with red pine planted 

 in the fall, a small plantation on 

 poor sandy land, which was planted 

 during a dry spell and in which 

 about 50 per cent, of the trees died. 

 In general we have lost less than 

 one per cent. Spruce seems to do 

 equally well whether planted in the 

 spring or in the fall. 



Plantations have been made under 

 all sorts of conditions and on all 

 sorts of soil and we are securing a 

 large amount of information and 

 much valuable experience. Under- 

 planting has been done on several 

 tracts and so far shows excellent re- 

 sults. Spruce grows slowly for the 

 first two years, 4 to 6 inches and 

 then commences to grow at the rate 

 of a foot and over each year. All of 

 our recent planting has been done 

 with the Jensen tree planter which 

 makes it a good deal cheaper and 

 the loss is less. We can plant trees 

 with this machine from two year 

 old seedlings up to large four year 

 old transplants, we generally use 

 three year old seedlings. The larger 

 plants are easier to handle with the 

 machines. We use a crew of two, a 

 man and a boy, with each machine; 

 the man uses the machine and the 

 boy carries a pail of trees and loads 

 for the man. This work has now 

 been pretty well standardized under 

 the direction of Mr. H. A. Downs 

 although we still hope to cut our 

 costs somewhat. The record of our 

 costs for the first plantation was, 

 with purchased stock. 



Per 1,000 



Cost of trees S 3 00 



Express 39 



Labor 7 29 



Supervision 1 15 



Incidentals 08 



$11 91 



Our plantations for 1915 cost as 

 follows with purchased stock : 



Per 1,000 



Cost of trees S 3.00 



Express 279 



Labor 2.799 



Cartage 029 



Board 087 



Livery 056 



Supervision 457 



$ 6,707 



By using our own stock this cost 

 can be reduced by about $5.50 per 



^^^^ y'^^ 



White pine planted in 1908 on poor 

 sandy gravel soil, Ontario stock, picture 

 taken 1914. 



