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we have a frontage of fifty feet for an outlet. During the summer we have 

 enclosed this new area with a good fence and endeavored to bring the land 

 into as favorable condition as possible for our purpose. In order to 

 enrich this soil it was covered with stable manure and plowed under. 

 It was then sowed with peas and they in turn, at maturity, were plowed 

 under. Another coat of manure was then applied and by repeated cultiva- 

 tion has been thoroughly incorporated with the soil. A large portion of 

 the weed seed has germinated and been destroyed, so that we expect, when 

 this area is finally planted as a nursery, we will avoid much of the trouble 

 and expense of getting rid of the weeds. 



With this addition to our nursery, all under cultivation, it will give us 

 a capacity of practically 1,000,000 four-year old transplants per year, 

 and an equal number of two-year old seedlings of coniferous species. If a 

 part of the nursery is permanently used for the propagation of hardwoods, 

 this will decrease the number of conifers that will be available each year. 



At the present time, with less than half of the land occupied, we have 

 the following stock in the nursery: 



670,000 three-year old white pine transplants, 

 35,000 two-year old Scotch pine transplants, 

 400,000 two-year old white pine seedlings, 

 1,750,000 one-year old white pine seedlings, 

 650,000 one-year old Scotch pine seedlings, 

 100,000 one-year old Norway spruce seedlings, 

 25,000 one year old European larch seedlings, 

 23,000 one-year old black locust seedlings, 

 2,000 one-year old yellow poplar seedlings. 



The European Blister Rust 



In order to supply the demand for planting stock for reforesting at a 

 reasonable price it has been customary to import small trees from 

 Germany and France. This State and several other States in the northeast, 

 imported large quantities last spring. After the trees had been unpacked 

 and the annual growth began, one of our experienced men, who was 

 superintending a large planting operation, noticed some peculiar color- 



