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Planting Rates Increased in British Columbia with New Planting Gun and Bullets

The latest Walters' gun (1, 2, 3) helped reforestation crews establish new productivity records during trials near Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, B.C., this spring. A 6-man crew employed by Pacific Logging Co. Ltd., Victoria, B.C., planted 35,000 bullet seedlings during a 2-day trial, an average of 2,390 seedlings a day for each planter (fig. 1). On the second day, they averaged 2,625 trees, setting the highest planting rate recorded on the British Columbia Coast. Spacing was 8 by 12 ft. on a logged and burned site. Slopes on the site ranged from 0 to 35 percent. There were occasional patches of unburned slash. The planting crew worked an 8-hour day and were paid a basic wage, plus an incentive bonus. The bullet seedlings were 1-year-old fir supplied by Pelton Reforestation Co. Ltd., Haney, B.C. The 1-year-old fir and hemlock (fig. 2) were grown by the Canadian Forestry Service, Victoria, B.C.


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Author(s): Alan H. Vyse

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 22, Number 1 (1971)

Volume: 22

Number: 1