. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. Alto. Immediately thereafter the size of the was increase<l. IMuch of the work in the nursery was done by students as a part ( f their reji^ular course of studies. The nursery formed an integral pa it of the school, and, together with the IMont Alto Forest, was a centie for work in silvical research and practicum. Table I on page ."il lists all the foresters who have been in direct charge of the Mont Alto Nursery since its establishment in 1902. GROUND PLAN OF NURSERY For many years th
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. Alto. Immediately thereafter the size of the was increase<l. IMuch of the work in the nursery was done by students as a part ( f their reji^ular course of studies. The nursery formed an integral pa it of the school, and, together with the IMont Alto Forest, was a centie for work in silvical research and practicum. Table I on page ."il lists all the foresters who have been in direct charge of the Mont Alto Nursery since its establishment in 1902. GROUND PLAN OF NURSERY For many years the layout or ground plan of the Mont Alto Forest Tree Nursery was arranged primarily to facilitate hand labor. It was blocked off into sections of about one half of an acre or slightly larger in size. These sections were subdivided into beds four feet wide by 25 feet long, and the resultant standard bed of 100 square feet has always been used as a unit for seed sowing, bookkeeping', and management purposes (39). With the increased use of horse and motor-drawn implements, along with transportation by truck, it is no longer advantageous to have the ground subdivided in this manner. Beds are now laid out in greater lengths, thus reducing to a considerable extent unnecessary turning w-ith trucks and implements. When lands are irrigated, fertilized, and cultivated intensively for the production of a valuable crop, excessive waste spaces between production areas are a liability. At Mont Alto an effort has been made to reduce the amount of ''path area" to a minimum. This reduction of space given up to paths has led to a considerable re- duction in the cost of weeding and general management expenses. SOURCES AND COLLECTION OF FOREST TREE SEED At the start of the Mont Alto Nursery, some seed was collect<Ml locally and some was purchased (41, 44, 47). In later years, con- siderable (luantities of seed were purchased from seed-collecting sta- tions that were started in the Lakes St
Size: 2015px × 1241px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectforests, bookyear1923
