EEFOEESTATION ON THE NATIOKAL FORESTS. 
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Table 8. — Cost per acre and per 1,000 trees of planting different species in dif- 
ferent regions hy various methods. 
Region. 
Species. 
Class 
of 
stock. 
Method. 
Southern Montana 
Do 
Southwestern Montana . 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Central Montana 
Southern Montana 
Do 
Western Montaoia 
Do 
Do 
Southern Montana 
Do 
Central Montana 
Do 
Southern Montana 
Nebraska 
Do 
Do 
Southern Idaho 
Central Utah 
Southern Idaho 
Southern California 
Northern California 
Northern Oregon 
Northern Washmgton . 
Douglas fir 
do 
Western yellow pine . 
Western larch 
Western yellow pine . 
do 
Western larch 
Douglas fir 
Western yellow pine. . 
Engelmann spruce . . . 
do 
Lodgepole pine 
Douglas fir 
Western j^ellow pine . 
do 
Douglas fir 
Jack pine 
Western yellow pine. 
do 
Douglas fir 
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Jeffrey pine 
Western yellow piae. 
Douglas fir 
1- 1 
2- 0 
1- 1 
2- 0 
2-0 
1- 1 
2- 1 
2-0 
1- 1 
2- 0 
1- 2 
3- 0 
3-0 
2- 0 
2-0 
1- 1 
2- 0 
2-0 
1- 1 
2- 1 
1- 1 
2- 0 
2-1 
2-0 
1-1 
1-1 
1-1 
Spade hole 
do 
Mattock holes 
Ax, sUt method 
do 
....do 
do 
Pick holes 
Mattock holes 
do 
do 
Ax, slit method 
Mattock holes 
do 
Mattock holes, slit method . 
Pick, sht method 
do 
Mattock holes in plowed fur- 
rows. 
Field trenches 
do 
do 
Mattock holes 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
S15.01 
$12.40 
15.58 
12.88 
4.61 
9.53 
7.45 
13.85 
3.36 
6.94 
10.04 
16.60 
10.22 
18. 77 
12.15 
15.62 
9.71 
12. 63 
5. 10 
7. 01 
9.97 
12.93 
5.10 
7.55 
7.15 
9.41 
15.25 
10.00 
4.08 
8. 16 
7.04 
10.35 
5.35 
7.87 
16.16 
8.40 
9.61 
7.69 
15.41 
9.78 
10.09 
6.40 
11.39 
11.39 
12.77 
12.77 
14.05 
11.67 
16.70 
16.70 
19.10 
27.28 
8. 25 
12.20 
8. 78 
12.91 
For the greater proportion of reforestation operations conducted 
on a large scale, the cost of direct seeding can be kept within from $4 
to $6 and planting within $10 per acre, provided a spacing of 8 by 8 
feet is followed. Under more favorable conditions these operations 
have been carried on at a lower cost. 
Further reductions will be brought about in the future. The pro- 
duction of nursery stock will undoubtedly be cheapened. The de- 
velopment of more rapid but efficient methods of sowing and plant- 
ing or of trees better suited for planting by the rapid methods 
already in vogue, is quite possible. In many cases the speed of plant- 
ing can be increased through the use of more adaptable tools kept 
in the best w^orking condition. Reductions may also be effected 
through larger assignments which will permit more thorough or- 
ganization of the work; through confining the planting on a par- 
ticular Forest at a certain season, to an individual watershed rather 
than conducting it on several, thus avoiding the duplication of 
camps, crews, and supervision; and in some cases through allotting 
fewer species and kinds of stock for use during a particular season. 
