FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. l6l 



This new departure has extended the tree planting work into nearly 

 three-fourths of the counties of the State. The reforesting movement has 

 recently been crystalizing fast into definite form, but the actual work was 

 delayed by the high price charged by the commercial nurseries for planting 

 stock. This law, which enabled the people to secure desirable trees for 

 forest planting at a low price, has done much to encourage planting. 

 Eventually it will increase our forest areas, and large areas of land, now 

 idle, will be producing valuable wood material. 



In order to carry out the provisions of this law it was necessary to 

 establish another nursery to produce material, not only to continue our 

 planting in the Adirondacks but to supply the great demand from private 

 owners. For this purpose an additional nursery was established at Sala- 

 manca, and the following is a report of the work done there by J. W. Stephen, 

 Resident Forester: 



The Salamanca Nursery. The nursery at Salamanca was established 

 in June, 1908, by the purchase of a tract of land containing five and one- 

 tenth acres. This area is situated on the north side of Broad street within 

 the corporate boundaries of the city of Salamanca. 



This land is well adapted for nursery purposes. The soil consists of 

 a sandy loam of good depth, underlaid with a sand and gravel subsoil 

 insuring perfect drainage. 



Originally the ground was stocked with a dense stand of mature white 

 pine, evidence of which is still found in numerous well-preserved roots that 

 were removed in the process of preparing the' soil for nursery purposes. 



Is is particularly well adapted, by nature, for the growth of coniferous 

 seedlings and is well adapted for the propagation of seedlings of the hardwood 

 species. 



This area has been used for years for raising cultivated garden and farm 

 crops, but being rented most of the time its fertility has not been kept up to 

 the proper standards. The cultivation was carried on in a careless manner, 

 and the ground had become more or less foul with weeds and quack grass. 



At the time of purchase, the entire area, with the exception of a small 



triangular section, was planted to corn and potatoes and other garden 



crops. We prepared a small portion of the unplanted area for nursery beds, 



when on July 3d we sowed forty-eight seed beds of the usual size with the 



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