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(D) Visit to the Station. 



We cannot too strongly recommend a visit to the Seebach station, 

 so that visitors may not only see for themselves how appropriate are the 

 measures adopted, but may also judge of their efficacy. The visit 

 can take place at any time. The best time is from the middle of 

 November, after the fall of the leaf, to the end of the winter pruning 

 at the end of February and beginning of March. At this time the 

 method of pruning and the treatment of the bare trees can best be 

 observed, and it is easier to find the numerous nests, which are the 

 surest proof of the correctness of the methods adopted. 



The station is divided into two parts, lying separate from each other. 

 The plantations on the home estate itself, and the wood lying ten 

 kilometres distant, near Kammerforst. 



The most important objects are at Seebach, especially the collection 

 of woodpecker holes and the material for artificial imitations (von 

 Berlepsch's nesting-boxes), all the bird shelter-woods and other 

 plantations used for bird-protection and supplied with nesting- boxes, 

 the various arrangements for winter-feeding, and the traps for vermin. 

 - The wood, with deciduous and coniferous trees, illustrates particu- 

 larly the measures to be used in woods for bird-protection. 



The following hints will enable visitors to make their arrangements 

 beforehand : 



The thorough inspection of the Seebach plantation requires five 

 to six hours; the wood, including drive or walk there and back, requires 

 at least as long. The whole, therefore, according to the time of year 

 and length of the day, takes one to one-and-a-half days. Seebach 

 is a station on the Gotha-Leinefelde line. 



The wood can be reached from Seebach on foot or from Muhlhausen 

 in a carriage in two hours. The -carriage should be ordered the day 

 before. The station will undertake this if desired. 



These directions will enable visitors to determine beforehand the 

 most suitable time for their arrival and the length of then- visit. They 

 are requested to 'let the station know as early as possible the day and 

 hour of arrival and whether they wish to inspect only the Seebach 

 station or also the wood. Four days' notice would be best, as this 

 makes it possible to acknowledge the receipt of the letter. Only in 



