﻿64 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  ought 
  to 
  exercise 
  the 
  greatest 
  care 
  

   in 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  stock 
  and 
  seeds 
  for 
  reforesting 
  work. 
  If 
  they 
  

   expect 
  success 
  they 
  must 
  not 
  try 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  cheap 
  the 
  work 
  can 
  

   be 
  done 
  but 
  measure 
  the 
  cost 
  by 
  results 
  secured. 
  Planting 
  stock 
  

   can 
  be 
  purchased 
  abroad 
  much 
  cheaper 
  than 
  here 
  because 
  labor 
  

   there 
  costs 
  less, 
  but 
  when 
  duty, 
  freight, 
  packing, 
  loss 
  of 
  trees 
  

   through 
  exposure 
  and 
  long 
  transit, 
  chance 
  of 
  disease, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  

   attending 
  inconveniences 
  are 
  considered, 
  the 
  American 
  grown 
  

   stock 
  is 
  much 
  cheaper. 
  In 
  case 
  any 
  owner 
  desires 
  to 
  sow 
  or 
  plant 
  

   tree 
  seeds 
  he 
  should 
  ask 
  the 
  dealer 
  for 
  seed 
  samples, 
  and 
  make 
  

   him 
  guarantee 
  that 
  shipment 
  will 
  be 
  equal 
  in 
  quality 
  to 
  samples 
  

   sent. 
  

  

  Nursery 
  Methods 
  

  

  The 
  nursery 
  methods 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  

   except 
  that 
  the 
  " 
  Yale 
  Planting 
  Board 
  " 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  with 
  great 
  

   success 
  in 
  transplating 
  work 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  saving 
  

   several 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  This 
  board 
  was 
  invented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   Tourney 
  of 
  the 
  Yale 
  Forest 
  School 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  two 
  strips 
  of 
  

   wood 
  joined 
  by 
  hinged 
  arms 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  strips 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  

   in 
  order 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  open 
  and 
  close. 
  One 
  strip 
  is 
  notched 
  and 
  

   the 
  notches 
  are 
  the 
  distance 
  apart 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  set 
  in 
  

   the 
  transplant 
  row 
  (in 
  our 
  work 
  three 
  inches) 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  

   is 
  plain 
  and 
  when 
  a 
  tree 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  each 
  notch 
  of 
  the 
  

   former 
  the 
  latter 
  strip 
  closes 
  over 
  and 
  holds 
  the 
  seedlings 
  in 
  place 
  

   while 
  they 
  are 
  planted. 
  The 
  men 
  work 
  five 
  in 
  a 
  crew, 
  i. 
  e., 
  two 
  

   threading 
  the 
  trees 
  into 
  the 
  notches, 
  two 
  making 
  and 
  filling 
  the 
  

   trench, 
  while 
  the 
  fifth 
  carries 
  the 
  board. 
  While 
  two 
  are 
  threading 
  

   the 
  board, 
  two 
  others 
  are 
  making 
  a 
  trench 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   man 
  places 
  the 
  planting 
  board 
  at 
  such 
  a 
  height 
  that 
  the 
  seedlings 
  

   will 
  be 
  at 
  their 
  proper 
  depth, 
  then 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  firmly 
  packed. 
  The 
  

   fastener 
  on 
  the 
  board 
  is 
  then 
  released 
  and 
  the 
  board 
  removed 
  ready 
  

   for 
  refilling. 
  The 
  particular 
  advantages 
  of 
  this 
  board 
  are 
  that 
  

   the 
  men 
  do 
  not 
  become 
  fatigued 
  from 
  constant 
  work 
  on 
  their 
  

   knees 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  case 
  when 
  transplanting 
  with 
  trowels 
  ; 
  the 
  

   roots 
  secure 
  a 
  natural 
  position 
  and 
  are 
  never 
  doubled 
  or 
  bent; 
  

   the 
  planting 
  is 
  done 
  much 
  more 
  rapidly 
  and 
  at 
  less 
  expense, 
  also 
  

  

  