Shipineut of forcst tree seedlingsl .from the Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) Deoartment of Foi'ests and Watcrs' four State nurseries for reafforestation pur« poses in the State has commenced. Almost 9,000,000 seedlings aud transplants will be shipped, an increase of nearly .a million and a half trees over the same period in .1936. The first shipmeuts have been made from the Mont Aito Nuiscry, and the other nurseries at Cleariield, Greenwood Furuace and L'enn are to start shipping iminediatejy. Zighty-nine per cent of the trees ship* ped this year vvilj be conifers, and of this number nearly 725,000 are transplants. All of the hardwoo?3 aro sbipped hs nneyenr «eedlings. This moiiih 41,00c) plants oi tl'ree important game t'ood species will be shipped from the Mont Aito Nursery for planliug •
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 188, 26 August 1937, Page 6
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