STATE NURSERY 137 
Department in codperation with the Maine Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station secured the services of Dr. M. W. Blackman, Ph.D., 
Professor of Entomology, Syracuse University, for the summer 
of 1919. 
Besides doing considerable original work on bark insects, Dr. 
Blackman gave us the manuscript for two very excellent bulle- 
tins, one on the Spruce Budworm and the other on the White Pine 
STATE FOREST NURSERY. 
Preparing the seed beds. This work is done by the students in the For- 
estry School. : Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
Weevil. A supply of these bulletins is still available, and will be 
sent free to applicants. 
For lack of sufficient funds, other needed publications have had 
to be deferred. It is hoped that a more liberal appropriation will 
be made next year for carrying on this work. 
STATE FOREST NURSERY 
The State Forest Nursery is now self-supporting. It is no 
longer to be considered in any way as a liability but as an asset to 
the State. Sales for 1919 amounted to 193,625 trees, and brought 
in $1,185.65, or more than the appropriation for carrying on the 
work. ae 
