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planting- trees along permanent fences. In a short time it will be possible 

 to attach the wires to these trees. 



The trees can be planted every sixteen feet or even every eight feet 

 as the owner desires. Strong, vigorous plants should be chosen for such 

 work and in the case of using evergreens, transplants should be used as 

 the fence lines are frequently filled with dense grass and weeds which 



Fig. 26— Proper and improper method of attaching wire fence to trees. 



will endanger the young plant. More attention can be given the making 

 of planting holes and the actual planting than in the case of waste land 

 planting. Where a rail fence now exists and there is no chance to culti- 

 vate, the planting hole should be made by cutting away a large sod about 

 two feet square, as in Fig. 20. Occasionally it may be practical to culti- 

 vate a strip four to six feet wide along a fence which can be moved a 

 few feet after the trees have grown. Preparation of this strip by summer 

 fallowing will give results in future tree growth which will repay the 

 effort. Whether planting is done in planting holes or on a prepared 

 strip, future cultivation will give best results. This cultivation should be 

 carried on for two years at least — longer will pay — until the trees have 

 hecome well established. It will be an advantage to mulch the trees 



