holes can move forward in a straight line. These stakes or poles 

 can be moved over and used again when making the next row of 

 holes. The planter follows immediately behind the grub-hoe man 

 setting a tree in each hole before the exposed soil becomes dry. 

 The planter's pail should always have enough muddy water in the 

 bottom to keep the tree roots wet. 



In making a hole, it is well to cut off and remove a thin slice of 

 sod, as this gives the plant a better opportunity to grow. The 

 hole should be large enough to give room for the roots without 

 crowding; but on a light soil the least dirt that is moved in order 

 to set the plants properly the better it will be. The plant should 

 usually be placed in the ground at the same depth that it was 

 before; but on light, sandy soil it may be set slightly deeper. The 

 earth should be packed about the roots thoroughly, so that the 

 plant will be able to get all the moisture possible from the sur- 

 rounding earth. Care should be taken also to place the roots in 

 their natural position. 



Special pains should be taken to prevent any exposure of the 

 roots to the sun. Once the roots become dry the plants are very 

 likely to die. The trees " heeled in " should be kept moist at 

 roots. 



The men continue planting back and forth across the field until 

 the work is completed. The trees planted in these rows should 

 be set at regular distances apart and the rows also at even dis- 

 tances in order to properly utilize the soil and light and to secure 

 in time the greatest product. The spacing varies under different 

 conditions, but for general forest planting six feet apart both 

 ways is most desirable. When the trees are planted six feet apart 

 in the row, and the rows are made six feet distant, it will require 

 1,200 trees to plant an acre. It will be readily seen that the 

 interval used determines the number of trees required per acre, the 

 amount of labor necessary to plant them and the cost per acre of 

 the work. 



