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What About It? What can be said of this plan of planting 

 trees without any side roots in crowbar holes ? From my expe- 

 rience, I conclude that trees will certainly live when properly 

 planted in this way. With me they root deeper and head lower 

 than trees with long roots in large holes. I am quite sure of 

 this. They make a slower growth the first season, but when 

 fully established make wood enough for practical purposes. 



Fig. 5. — Trees trimmed for planting. 



This method of planting is rapid and cheap. The chief dis- 

 advantages that occur to me are as follows : \Vitli the small 

 crowbar hole you are likely to leave an air space at the bottom 

 of the root. This will kill or stunt the tree. With a larger 

 hole you can be sure that the soil is packed firmly around the 

 root. While I think the tree without any side roots and packed 

 in a small hole will root deeper, it is better, in our practice, to 

 leave stubs from one to two inches long at the side. This 

 anchors the tree firmlv in the soil. It will not be whirled about 



