SOWING METHODS AS APPLIED TO SPECIES AND REGIONS 139 



3. Q. — What fertilizer do they use in seed beds? How much? A. — Ordinary 

 commercial fertilizers in quantities determined by local soil conditions. See p. 124. 



4. Q. — What sort of packages are used for shipping nursery stock? Is stock 

 puddled? .4 . — See p. 125. 



5. Q. — What ages of nursery stock are chiefly used? A. — See p. 126. 



6. Q. — What spacing is generally adopted in planting? If we assume that we 

 cannot thin are we justified in spacing widely? A. — See p. 125. The French justify 

 wide spacing even with intensive thinnings. 



7. Q. — Just what tools and methods are used for field planting? A. — See pp. 

 127, 128. 



8. Q. — Is pine seed generally sowed broadcast or in drills in the seed beds, and 

 why? A. — See p. 124. Cultivation is easier and it takes less seed. 



9. Q. — Do they use much seedling stock or transplants in conifers? A. — Seed- 

 ling stock is very much preferred because it is cheaper. 



10. Q. — What spacing and arrangement of transplant rows is adopted? Do they 

 irrigate transplants? A. — See pp. 123, 124. 



Since the officer who raised these questions had the supervision of a very large and 

 important nursery it is desired to emphasize their importance by special page references. 



