MOVING LARGE TREES 51 



ing over the rollers to the windlasses. A locust 

 boom is put across the machine under the frame 

 and above the braces; iron pins hold it in place. 

 The side guy -ropes are made fast to the ends of 

 this boom. The other guy -ropes are made fast 

 to the front and rear parts of the machine. Four 

 rope loops are made fast inside of the frame, and 

 are so placed that by passing a rope around the 

 trunk of the tree and through the loops two or 

 three times, a rope ring is made around the tree 

 that will keep the trunk in the middle of the 

 frame and not allow it to hit either the edges or 

 the rollers a very necessary safeguard. As the 

 tree is slowly lifted by the windlasses, the guy- 

 ropes are loosened, as needed. The tree will 

 pass obstructions, such as trees by the roadside, 

 but in doing so it is better to lean the tree back- 

 ward. When the tree has arrived at its new 

 place, the two timbers are placed along the oppo- 

 site edges of the hole so that the hind wheels 

 can be backed over it. The tree is then lowered 

 to the proper depth, and made plumb by the 

 guy -ropes, and good, mellow soil is thrown in 

 and packed well into all the cavities under the 

 roots. When the hole is half filled, several bar- 

 rels of water should be poured in; this will 

 wash the soil into the cavities under the center 

 of the tree much better. When the water has 

 settled away, fill in and pack the soil till the 

 hole is little more than full. Leave a depression, 



