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planted at varying prices, according to the nature of the 

 soil, from 75 cents upwards. 



6. Handle young pine trees as soon as the frost is out of 

 the ground and before growth begins. 



7. Much can be done to assist the development of the 

 wild seedling. See page 59. 



8. Comparative cost : Wild seedlings vs. nursery-pur- 

 chased stock at present prices for practical forestry would 

 seem to be in the same proportion as success vs. failure. 



9. If each person will establish his own nursery, or assist 

 nature's nursery in producing seedlings, the minimum cost 

 can be secured. 



10. The reason for the present high prices for nursery- 

 grown stock, and its scarcity, is that in the past the demand 

 has not been suflQ-cient for growing seedlings or transplants 

 upon an economic forest-planting scale. Economic for- 

 estry is just beginning in this country. 



11. Young pine trees from two to tour years of age are 

 handled most economically. The older and bulkier the 

 tree the larger its root system, hence difficulty in digging 

 without injury and the greater the expense entailed in 

 handling and transplanting. 



12. In order to accumulate data, the writer would be 

 pleased to learn. if there are available seedlings in your 

 section, and if not, whether there is a demand for such. 



