with the understanding that no roots or small fibres should be 

 cut. The trench should be made from three to five feet from the 

 stem of the tree and in some cases wider depending on the size 

 of the tree. The trench should be filled in with good rich com- 

 post which must be solid packed, and three or four ordinary 

 drainage tiles, should be placed in the trench at equal distances 

 from each other standing upright from the bottom of the trench, 

 the upper end will serve for watering purposes. In watering 

 such trees you will find that as long as the water sucks away from 

 the tiles the tree is dry but when the water stands in the tile? no 

 more water is needed. This method of using tiles is also used in 

 large tree planting and gives good satisfaction. 



Dynamite has been used for the same purpose and has given 

 quick results but it should be used with great care, the holes 

 should be made from two to two and a half feet deep and if the 

 tree is from six to eight inches in diameter the holes should be 

 made from four to five feet from the stem and in five different 

 places about equal distance apart forming a circle around the 

 tree. A third of a stick of dynamite will be well to start with, 

 but not any more should be used for smaller trees and sometimes 

 a quarter of a stick is plenty. For larger trees the holes should 

 be made from six to eight and even ten feet from the stem, de- 

 pending on the size of the tree, and eight to ten holes can be 

 used. For very large trees ten to twelve holes will be needed 

 and not less than three feet deep and a third to half a stick of 

 dynamite can be used but this will depend on the nature of the 

 soil at the bottom. After such blasting is done rich manure water 

 chould be forced in together with good soil into the holes so as 

 to get the empty spaces in the ground perfectly airtight. In this 

 case, if needed, a tile can also be used with the same result as I 

 have mentioned before. Dynamite has been used in the same 

 manner for taking up large trees for transplanting when trees 

 are moved without any large ball of earth, but where as rmicn 

 of the roots as possible are taken with it. The dynamite is 



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