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Fifty cents per bushel will enable a man to earn a fair day's wages. 



Ten to fifteen square feet of drying space is required for a bushel of cones. 



Sixty pounds per bushel is the weight of green cones. 



One bushel of green cones will make two bushels of opened cones 



One bushel of green cones will yield, on an average, iyi pounds of seeds. 



One bushel of green cones will yield, on an average, x}i quarts of seeds. 



One quart of seeds will weigh 1 J .( pounds. 



One bushel of seeds will weigh 40 pounds. 



One ounce of seeds contains 7,500 grains. 



One pound of seeds contains 120,000 grains. 



One quart of seeds contains 150,000 grains. 



Three hundred and seventy-five pounds of seeds contain 45,000,000 grains. 



Three hundred and seventy-five pounds of seeds cost for collection S355.72. 



One pound of seeds costs for collection 95 cents. 



One quart of seeds costs for collection Si. 19. 



One pound of seeds costs at dealer's price $2. 



One dollar and five cents per pound saved in collecting our own seed. 



Three hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy five cents saved on 375 

 pounds of seeds. 



The seeds are stored for the winter in a building near Lake Clear Junction, 

 Franklin County, ready for our spring work. They are in paper sacks, fifteen 

 pounds to the sack, packed in sand, well protected from mice, moisture, drying 

 out and other injurious conditions. The stock on hand is larger than is needed 

 for our nursery work, but the surplus can be used to good advantage for broad- 

 cast sowing on denuded areas, or for underplanting in forests where it may seem 

 desirable to create an undergrowth of Red Spruce. As we have such a large 

 supply on hand, some of the seed might be distributed free to any of our citizens 

 who may want to reforest their lands with trees grown direct from seed. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Clifford R. Pettis, 



Forester. 



