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during the summer, by my hogs, which proves the old adage to be 

 false, that a hog is good for nothing but to eat and sleep ; the way I 

 managed to get them to work was to pay them for it : I frequently 

 would take a crowbar and make holes in the compost and put in 

 corn, and then let them "root hog or die"; I made in this way 

 about five cords of excellent manure at a small expense, and think 

 it much better than to throw the slops and suds into the door-yard 

 and street." 



R. W. LiBBY. 



Statements on Planting Shade Trees. 



"I have transplanted, the past season, one-hundred and forty-nine 

 shade trees, of fifteen diiferent varieties, one-hundred and twenty- 

 seven of which are now alive and doing well. The trees varied from 

 one to six inches in diameter. Of those I lost, all but two were small 

 evergreens and planted with but little care. In selecting trees to 

 transplant, I take those that have short bodies and growing in open 

 land, without any regard to the kind of soil. When I dig up the 

 tree I am very careful to cut around at some distance from the trunk 

 and to keep as much of the soil on the roots as possible ; also to 

 handle careful and avoid bruising as much as possible. Before plant- 

 ing. I trim the tops close, but do not the body. I dig the holes to 

 set in very large, and fill around the roots with soil well pulverized 

 and wet thoroughly when working it in among the roots — being very 

 careful to have them in the same position as that in which they 

 originally grew." 



Seward Dill. 



Phillips, October 6th, 1857. 



Statement on Shade Trees, c5*c. 

 "My manner of taking up and setting out: First, mark the tree, 

 that it may be set the same way to the sun that it grew ; second, 

 ' cut around the tree with an axe at a proper distance from the tree, 

 being careful to keep all the soil on to prevent the roots from drying 

 up, &c. ; and before setting out, be careful to cut all the roots up 

 instead of down, as is the usual way of trimming; cut the top to 

 compare with the bottom, leaving the stump some ten feet ; dig the 

 hole large over and be careful not to set too deep. Maples should 



