REPAIR OF SHADE TREES 



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tion of a tree. Felling the tree with an ax would be 

 cheaper and no less certain. 



The menace of the incompetent tree surgeon has been 

 recognized by Connecticut and other states in the passage 

 of laws designed to 

 protect the public 

 against his destruc 

 tive methods. One 

 such law requires 

 that no person may 

 practice tree surgery 

 or repair without a 

 license, and that this 

 license shall not be 

 granted until the 

 applicant has proved 

 himself qualified for 

 the work. If trees 

 are worth having, 

 they are worth pro 

 tecting from the rav 

 ages of the quack, and 

 experience shows 

 that this requires 

 strict legal regula 

 tion, with severe 

 penalties for the vio 

 lator. This sort of legislation seems as necessary for safe 

 guarding the welfare of trees as for the protection of 

 human life and limb. 



The simplest surgical operation is the removal of dead 

 or dying branches or decaying stubs, followed by anti 

 septic treatment and the application of a water-proof 

 covering as protection against moisture and decay. 



HCNO A SPUT BT CHAIN 



& BOLTS. NOT BY A BAND. 



RCMOVC AHEAVT 

 LIF1B BT MAKING 

 3 CUTS AS 



KCD 



HEALING 



AND DECAf 

 VOftKS 



NWARD 



STUB LETT 

 DECAY MAS SET IN 

 CO 



AS AT M WILL 

 BESTROT THC RAIN 



tins. 



WOUND M 

 AS B OR 

 HCALI 

 ECTLY. 



A SOLID BAR WITH 

 NUTS WILL HOLD A 

 WEAKENED CROTCH 

 THOUCH.INABIC TRU 

 NOT SO WELL AS A 

 CHAIN. .SEC A. . 



A WOUND HI 

 UNNECCSSARI 

 TRCATME.NT AS 



WnCN ALIMB IS 

 REMOVED AND THERE 



NCVCR MCNOA 

 SPLIT WITH A 

 BAND. THE TRCC 

 WILL. SOON BC 

 CMOKCD. SCt AS 



OUT THE WOUND ft TAR 

 BUT 00 NOT FILL IT. 



AHORSC BITL 

 IR BRUISE ' 

 TREATED AS 



Proper and improper tree surgery. 



