Often trees of medium size have to be moved from difficult 

 places and during the season when such work, in general, cannot 

 be done. It has occurred at different times that trees have 

 been too heavy to handle without the aid of implements. My 

 patent tree lifter is a very simple arrangement but has pro-yen 

 to be of great value for moving this kind of tree. The object 

 of this is to lift a tree straight up from the hole after it has been 

 balled and can be carried with ease anywhere. This will prevent 

 the bi caking of the fine roots which is often the case when trees 

 are tipped over. Tt will also hold the ball firm together. This 

 picture shows the general idea. 



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