138 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
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Of the sales, 134,865 trees were transplants and 58,760 were in 
the seedling stage when sold. 
From present indications sales for 1920 will nearly double those 
for 1919, and we have had a larger demand for seedling stock than 
at any time since the nursery was started. 
The State Forest Nursery has stimulated the interest in forest 
planting, not only in the case of the private owner, but also with 
STATE FOREST NURSERY 
After a certain age (from two to three years according to species) the 
seedlings are transplanted. The picture shows the preparation of the trench 
for transplanting. Also at the left are shown the young transplants set.one 
and one-half inches apart in rows at intervals of six inches. The season of 
the year can easily be assumed, as the fruit trees in the background are in 
full bloom. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
many of the large pulp and paper companies, and the demand for 
planting stock is rapidly increasing. 
White Pine and Norway Spruce were the species most in 
demand, with a small amount of Red Pine. Seed of the latter 
species has been out of the market for the past two years, so that 
we have been unable to provide for the future with this species as 
we should have liked to. We have, however, several thousand 
three- and four-year-old transplants of this species and a smaller 
amount of large twice transplanted stock now six years old. 
