. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. lumbering and forest fires that it was often diffi- cult to find a single specimen of any important forest tree on an entire acre of land. A thor- ough study of these denuded areas showed con- clusively that there was only one practicable way to reforest them: that was by replanting them with trees. Thereupon the big problem of how and where to get the trees for planting presented itself. Almost at once it became evi- dent that the only way to insure an ample and regular supply of trees for planting wa
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. lumbering and forest fires that it was often diffi- cult to find a single specimen of any important forest tree on an entire acre of land. A thor- ough study of these denuded areas showed con- clusively that there was only one practicable way to reforest them: that was by replanting them with trees. Thereupon the big problem of how and where to get the trees for planting presented itself. Almost at once it became evi- dent that the only way to insure an ample and regular supply of trees for planting was to grow them from seed. Hence, forest tree nur- series were established to supply the necessary seedlings and transplants. The first forest tree nursery to be operated by the State was established at Mont Alto, in Franklin County, in 1902. Today there are three large nurseries and one small one in oper- ation in the State forests. The large nurseries are located at Mont Alto in Franklin County, at Clearfield in Clearfield County, and at Green- wood Furnace in Huntingdon County. A small nursery for transplants is also operated near Potters Mills in Centre County. During the 28 years that its nurseries have been in operation, the Department of Forests and Waters has produced and distributed more than 121,000,000 seedlings and transplants. More than 9,000,000 of these little trees were shipped during the Spring of 1929. The fall inventory for 1929 shows a total of 31,000,000 trees in these several nurseries, most of them being one-, two-, and three-year-old seedlings. 54. QQ a a: 00 OS o ^ o5^ o~ o w O H «;!; M as J o i, >-^ cc « >5 OS H « O ^ H >-; u ^ ^ ffl- < as X a < y. y. ii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forests and Waters. Harrisburg, Pa. : The
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