UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1264 



Washington, D. C. T February 21, 1925 



FOREST PLANTING IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN 



REGION' 



By 



C. F. KORSTIAN, Associate Silviculturist, 

 Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, and F. S. BAKER, Forest Examiner, Forest Service 



CONTENTS p,«. 



Introduction ' 1 



Seed Collection 2 



_ Yield from Cones 3 



Cost of Seed 3 



Nursery Practice 4 



Nursery Operations 5 



Protection from Diseases and Injuries 6 



Distribution of Planting Stock 9 



Field Planting 10 



Planting Sites and Native Timber Types . 10 



Methods of Planting 11 



Number of Plants per Acre . ' 12 



Results of Field Planting 13 



Causes of Loss and Failure and Methods of Prevention 39 



Planting Costs 45 



Future of Artificial Forestation in Intermountain Region 45 



Summary . . . 47 



Appendix 49 



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1925 



