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found to give good results in some 
regions. Jt was first tried in the 
Black Hills of South Dakota, with 
an encouraging outcome. To broad- 
cast an acre of land with yellow pine 
seed about 8 pounds of seed is used. 
One of the most formidable draw- 
backs to this method is the extent to 
which the seed may be consumed by 
birds and rodents. [f the season hap- 
pens to be one in which food for 
these animals is scarce, the loss is 
very heavy. The problem of control 
of animal pests, such as field mice, 
ground squirrels, and gophers, which 
eat the tree seeds, and also the furth- 
er problem of preventing the depre- 
dations of rabbits, which are alto- 
gether too fond of the little trees 
themselves, whether nursery trans- 
plants or field-grown seedlings, is 
receiving the attention of the Bio- 
logical Survey experts of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
In some localities the Department 
has had to purchase seed, but most of 
that seed is gathered by Forest Ser- 
vice men themselves. The cost of 
gathering has varied for the differ- 
ent regions from thirty-five cents to 
one dollar a pound. As a rule, the 
seed is collected in the fall months, 
when most conifers ripen their seed. 
Parties of three or four men ordinar- 
ily work together. Where lumber- 
ing is in progress the collectors fol- 
low the sawyers and take the cones 
directly from the felled trees. In 
standing timber, the task is much 
more arduous. The men must often 
clamb tall pines and pull the cones 
from the branches as best they can. 
Where these are on the extremities 
and beyond the reach of the hand, 
pruning shears are used. The cones 
are dropped to the ground and then 
gathered into buckets and _ trans- 
ferred to sacks, in which they are 
carried to a central point for further 
treatment. 
The extraction of the seeds is tedi- 
ous rather than difficult. In some 
cases the cones are spread out upon 
sheets in the sun, when, after a time, 
they open and the seed drop out; in 
other cases it is necessary to resort 
to artificial heat. This is applied by 
placing the cones upon trays with 
screen bottoms and raising the tem- 
perature of the room to the proper 
degree. The cones open, the winged 
seeds fall out, and the seed is separ- 
ated finally from wings and dirt by 
a fanning mill. A good many seeds 
have been removed from the cone 
by hand, but this is a sore trial to the 
fingers of the pickers and an exceed- 
ingly slow process, 
Price $200 (with Magneto $235) 
YALE 
MOTOR CYCLES 
Hold the World’s Reeord for en- 
durance. Operated at lowest upkeep 
cost. Ran 132 hours without fan or 
other cooling device and did not 
Overheat. Long Stroke Motor; Si- 
lent Muffler; Comfortable to Ride 
Easy to Operate. 
Ride a Yale—They Never Fail. 
1910 Models being delivered. 
No Pusnee! NoP-Nee! 
Motor started 10 A. M., Jan. 24th 
and ran continuously until stopped 
at 10 P. M., January the 29th—132 
hours at an average speed of 1,370 
revolutions per minute, establishing 
an unheard of record for the air- 
cooled motor. 
Write today for booklet: . 
‘““‘WHAT IS RELIABILITY?” 
ALSO INDIAN MOTOR CYCLES 
BICYCLES AND BICYCLE REPAIRING 
J. F. KILHAM, Agent 
Corner RANTOUL ST., AND RAILROAD AVE. 
BEVERLY, MASS. 
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