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the tree from tipping over too far as well as 

 to keep it upright. A good deal of the soil 

 can be put back in the hole without covering 

 the roots, to get it out of the way of the ma- 

 chine. The latter can now be placed about the 

 tree by removing the front part, fastened by 

 four bolts, placing the frame with the hind 



54. The tree ready to lift. 



wheels around the tree and replacing the front 

 parts. Two timbers, three -by -nine inches, and 

 twenty feet long, are now placed on the ground 

 under the hind wheels, and in front of them, 

 parallel to each other, for the purpose of keep- 

 ing the hind wheels up out of the big hole 

 when drawing the tree away ; and they are 

 also used while backing the hind wheels across 

 the new hole in which the tree is to be planted. 



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