. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. seed supply station was established in a natural stand of white pine at Greenwood Furnace, in Huntingdon County. Additional stations are being established as rapidly as the Department's funds will permit. Special groups of trees and individual specimens are also designated as ap- proved sources of quality seed. It is the purpose of this Department to estab- lish most of these seed supply stations within the State forests. A number of stations will, however, be located on privately owned land through th
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. seed supply station was established in a natural stand of white pine at Greenwood Furnace, in Huntingdon County. Additional stations are being established as rapidly as the Department's funds will permit. Special groups of trees and individual specimens are also designated as ap- proved sources of quality seed. It is the purpose of this Department to estab- lish most of these seed supply stations within the State forests. A number of stations will, however, be located on privately owned land through the cooperation of the owners. In fu- ture years it will be possible for the Department to grow extra fine stands of trees for the express purpose of seed production. Probably nothing the Department is attempt- ing at this time is fraught with more far-reach- ing significance than is this effort to secure an improved seed supply. The ever-growing re- forestation movement calls for a constantly en- larged production of seedling trees. These trees should be of the best quality it is possible to obtain, for it is these tiny seedlings that will determine the character of the State's timber supplies half a century hence. To grow good planting stock, it is necessary to have good seed. And good seed cannot be guaranteed unless its source is known. The only sure way to have superior seed is to collect it from trees of ap- proved quality. By seeking out and setting aside superior stands of trees, the Department of Forests and Waters is taking steps to insure for all time the quality of the seed it sows in its forest tree nurseries. 64 ^ â Pif â Mimi'vm^VfiVilR* This plan of establishing forest tree seed sup- ply stations was first undertaken in Pennsyl- vania in 1927, and has since that time received wide attention in otlier States. But Pennsyl- vania has gone even farther witli its tree seed program. Not only does the State secure seed from these quality seed supply stations, but just
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