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as many as fifteen to twenty hundred per day. This 

 method does very well in sandy soil and with two- to 

 three-year-old conifers. 



On prairies, where the land may first l)e plowed and 

 harrowed, the trees may be set in regular rows, and the 



Fi(i. ^il. TMiintinji' Tools 



A, iix-iii;itt()ck, one (if I lie best tools used in the woods; B, plant iiij;' dibldi-, 

 used in loose soil aud for small plants 



larger plants of broad-leaved kinds may well l)e set out 

 ill furrows. 



In all kinds of planting, Init especially with })ine, 

 spruce, and other conifers, the greatest difficulty is found 

 usually in trying to keep the plants in a fresh, healthy 

 condition. If the}^ are l)ouglit at a nursery, a thousand 



