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A Rapid Method of Tree Planting 



By Harry Gough, Maryland 



SO many people make hard work of 

 tree planting that I believe a de- 

 scription of my rapid and economical 

 method will be of interest. I will de- 

 scribe how I planted a thousand fruit 

 trees for Mr. L. B. Schram of Elberon, 

 New Jersey, in April, 1913. 



There were fifty Stumps on the or- 

 chard site. These were disposed of by 

 blasting. That part of the work was 

 finished in less than a day. After the 



field had been cleared, the ground was 

 staked off to show where the trees 

 were to stand. Cross furrows were 

 then made with a plow, the intersection 

 coming at the points where the stakes 

 were set. 



While the man was doing this plow- 

 ing, I occupied my time in cutting fuse 

 into 2 }<> -foot lengths and in crimping 

 each length of fuse onto a No. 6 blast- 

 ing cap. As it was intended to use a 



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half a cartridge of dynamite in each 

 tree hole, the cartridges were next cut 

 in two. This is a very simple operation, 

 although a good many people seem to 

 be afraid to do it. Dynamite comes in 

 heavy paraffined paper wrapping. Hold 

 the stick in one hand, run a sharp knife 

 around the center, letting the blade 

 sink into the dynamite about a quarter 

 of an inch all around. Then take one 

 end of the cartridge in each hand and 

 gently break it in two. Next insert the 

 blasting cap to which the fuse has been 

 attached in a hole punched in the side 

 of the cartridge of dynamite and tie it 

 in place. It doesn't do to insert the 

 cap into the dynamite at the cut end 

 because there is no way of tying it in 

 place and it is almost sure to pull out 

 when one attempts to put the charge 

 into the bore hole. 



A mark on the side of the punch indi- 

 cated the depth of the bore holes and 

 made it easily possible to get them of 

 uniform depth. The charges were 

 pushed to the bottom of the holes with 

 a broom handle and the holes then 

 tightly tamped with moist earth. The 

 protruding fuse ends were then lighted. 



After the holes had been shot, men 

 followed who dug out the holes and 

 filled them to the proper depth. Sub- 

 soil was used for the filling, the richer 

 top soil being reserved to fill in around 

 the roots. After that the earth was 

 thoroughly firmed to prevent settling 

 and to prevent wind from blowing the 

 trees over. 



By this method, a crew of four men 

 were able to plant 1.028 trees, 

 planters followed the blasters so 

 idly and worked so systematically 

 the planting was all finished within 

 four or five hours after the blasting had 

 been completed. 



Although the trees were planted three 

 years ago, there lias been bul one per 

 rent of loss, which to me indicates thai 

 the IhmIs were well prepared. The 

 slump blasting and the tree planting 

 required 320 pounds of a low-strength 

 dynamite, 1,040 blasting caps, 60 elec- 

 tric blasting caps and about 2,(ill0 feet 

 of fuse. The total cosl of the work, 

 labor included, amounted to $122, 

 which Mr. Schram thought was de- 

 cidedly cheap for the amounl of work 

 dcine. 



The 

 rap- 

 that 



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