8o ALGERIA 



fying the species, the methods, the time of sowing or planting, 

 and the method of executing the work, as, for example, by 

 advertisement, contract, agreement, or day labor; finally and 

 most important of all, the results of similar work under similar 

 conditions must be summarized with a close estimate of the 

 cost. 



Before the actual field planting is approved, a report is sub- 

 mitted showing (i) how the ground will be prepared; (2) amount 

 of seed or number of plants, their source, age, and spacing; 

 (3) method to be used in sowing or planting; (4) areas and 

 amounts; (5) analysis of cost with a recapitulation showing 

 area to be stocked and the total cost. These data are used in 

 preparing the budget. 



For each nursery the annual work is forecasted by: (i) prep- 

 aration of the soil; (2) seed, method, species, amounts, source, 

 (3) transplanting or suckers; (4) maintenance; (5) extraction, 

 packing, transport; and (6) miscellaneous. The estimates are 

 classified by these headings, divided into (a) labor and {b) 

 material. After the year's expenditures the amounts are re- 

 ported as having been spent under the above classification. 



The resources of each nursery are recorded by: (i) name; 

 (2) area; (3) species; (4) age; (5) total amount; (6) quantity 

 necessary for the requirements of the service; (7-9) amount 

 available, transplanted, and not transplanted; (10) under "re- 

 marks" the date of transplanting may be recorded and the 

 requirements of local owners for planting stock noted. 



Experimental Planting. — Perhaps the most instructive work 

 in Algerian forestation has been the systematic experiments 

 carried on to solve the aleppo-pine reproduction problem. 

 While the experiments themselves are limited to aleppo pine, 

 the methods are of general application. Half-hectare (i-acre) 

 plots were sowed in October, 19 10, under the following con- 

 ditions : 



1. No soil preparation; debris and cones distributed evenly 

 over the cutting area; cost 2.50 francs ($0.48) for the half 

 hectare (i acre). 



2, Fifteen kilos (33 pounds) of aleppo-pine seed sowed broad- 



