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to test the value of different fertilizers, and to work out so far as practicable 

 the many problems incidental to the best management of a forest tree 

 nursery. As the area is larger than is necessary for experiment work, the 

 greater part of this nursery is used for the propagation of coniferous plants 

 needed in the reforesting operations conducted by the State. 



This nursery is only a short distance from the one at Saranac Inn 

 railroad station, and is situated within the forest on an elevated plateau 

 south of the highway and a few rods east of the State Fish Hatchery. 

 The plot is rectangular in form 170 x 1,082 feet, and contains four and one- 

 fourth acres. It is enclosed by a substantial wire fence, high enough to 

 keep out deer, and the forest which approaches it closely on all sides fur- 

 nishes climatic protection. 



Work on this nursery was begun in the spring of 1906, when the ground 

 on an area of two acres was broken up and some seed beds made. Last 

 summer two more acres were added to the enclosure, the ground cleared 

 and fertilized, and prepared for the beds which will be made next spring. 



The soil in this Experiment Station nursery is better than that in the 

 one at the railroad station. It is not so sandy, and is covered with forest 

 humus, although this layer was somewhat deficient in depth and quantity. 

 In making up the additional beds next spring some black muck will be 

 mixed with the earth, and for this purpose 125 cubic yards of muck were 

 hauled from the pits this winter and placed near the fence ready for use. 



A complete irrigation plant has been constructed, the water being 

 forced up the hill and into the tankhouse or water tower by a ram placed 

 at the outlet of Little Clear pond, and at the side of the ram which supplies 

 the Saranac Inn Nursery. 



At present only one end of the Experiment Station nursery is planted, 

 in which the stock consists of: 



Three year-old transplants, White pine 61 , 000 



Scotch pine 28, 000 



Two year-old transplants, Scotch pine 12 ,000 



Red pine 5 , 700 



Bull pine 5 , 000 



Jack pine 3 , 000 



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