
“(b) Direct seeding on site where beings are > desired tor | 
grow. 
(a) Raising seedlings in a nursery bed and transplanting to 
the desired site: 
This is by far the most important and generally practiced ae 
method up to the present time and is the surest way of get- 
ting a completely stocked stand. The nursery bed should be 
located in a well drained sand or clay loam that is as free 
from weeds and grass seed and fungi as is possible and 
should be close to a water supply. Commercial fertilizer may 
be applied to the bed to good advantage to insure fast 
growth. / | 
The soil should be thrown up into a bed which is five or 
six inches above the surrounding ground with a turning 
plow or shovel. Then work it into a good condition with a 
rake or hoe. The bed should be about four feet wide, so it 
can be reached across to weed. The soil should then be 
rolled or tramped so as to produce a firm seed bed and then | 
raked so as to roughen the surface so seed will stay in place 
when they fall. 
The seed should be scattered at a rate of approximately 
150 to a square foot and the bed should then be re-rolled. 
Cover the seed approximately to the depth of the thickness 
ot the seed with sand which is as free as possible saat a 2 
weed and grass seeds and fungi infection. 
The bed should be mulched with burlap sacking or simi- 
lar material. It is advisable to have some kind of protection 
from birds which eat the seed readily. A frame can be made 
to extend over the bed jabout six inches above the ground, 
with sacking being stretched over the top and down the 
sides. This serves as a protection from birds and also as a 
mulch. Pine straw or wheat straw can be used ag mulch or 
sacking can be applied directly on the bed, but if used in this 
way will have to be removed as soon as the seeds start ger- 

