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Seed collected, 1907. 



White pine, . . 65 pounds. 



Chestnut, . . . ... . 1 bushel. 



Box elder, . . . . . ... 1 bushel. 



Locust, . small amount. 



Horse chestnut, . . . . 



Norway spruce, . . . . . . ; 



Pitch pine, . . . . f . : , 



Austrian pine, . . . . . . .. 



Tulip tree, . . . . .... 



Maple, . . 



Fifty pounds of white pine seed have also been purchased for 

 spring distribution. 



The trustees of the Agricultural College have voted additional 

 land for next spring's use in enlarging the present area. It is 

 believed we can well afford to do even more in growing and dis- 

 tributing various tree seedlings at cost. When the time comes 

 that commercial growers are prepared to furnish them at lower 

 rates, the States' policy will undoubtedly be to do less. 



FORESTRY EXHIBITS. 



Two forestry exhibits have been made by the State Forester 

 during the year, one at the Sportsmans' Show, held at the Me- 

 chanics building in Boston last spring, and the other at the annual 

 winter meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, December 3, 4 and 5. The exhibit con- 

 sisted in showing different kinds of forest seeds and seedlings of 

 various ages. The seedlings and transplants were displayed in 

 the ordinary seed-bed conditions, and also suspended in glass 

 jars, so the whole root system could be shown. Photographs, 

 forest maps, wood sections, forest implements, charts, forest fire 

 posters and a full set of the publications of the office were also 

 shown. A number of names of persons interested were secured, 

 and much assistance given by way of explanation of the material 

 at hand. After making the last exhibition the material was 

 moved into a room adjoining this office in the State House, 

 where it is being used for demonstration purposes. 



