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much time; that thej are slow and expensive methods. But 

 when I say that it cost us just 6 cents per tree to set our 

 standard apples, which we planted first; and 5 cents for 

 the peaches, which followed ; and that we got the price down 

 to 4 cents per tree on the dwarf apple trees, which were the 

 last set, — I think you will agree that it was not an exorbi- 

 tant price. This included plowing and fitting the land, stak- 

 ing it off, digging the holes, trimming the tree and setting it 

 out; and the difference in cost was largely due to the fact 

 that the gang of men setting the trees became more familiar, 

 each with his particular part of the programme, and conse- 

 quently could do it more expeditiously. 



->• The field operations in setting were carried on as follows : 

 a gang of eight men and a foreman were used; the foreman 

 and one man went to the place where the trees were heeled 

 in for a supply of trees, which were prepared for setting by 

 pruning back the main roots considerably and packing them 

 into two oil barrels, partly full of water, which were fastened 

 on a stone boat drawn by one horse ; while this was going 

 on, the rest of the gang were setting stakes and digging holes. 

 When the trees arrived on the scene the whole gang went to 

 setting, the foreman distributing the trees and the eight men 

 dividing into pairs, one of whom set the tree while the other 

 shovelled in the earth. About 150 trees were carried at a 

 load, and when these had been set out the gang divided as 

 before. In this way the operations went like clockwork, and 

 the trees arrived at the holes with their roots thoroughly 

 soaked and in the best possible condition to take hold and 

 grow. And that the method was satisfactory from the stand- 

 point of the trees is pretty conclusively shown from the 

 records of the number that grew: out of 530 dwarf apples set, 

 we lost 14; of 250 Hubbardstons, 6 failed to grow; of 500 

 Wealthy, 3 died; and of 650 Mcintosh, only 3 died. This 

 is a remarkably good record in percentage of living trees, 

 even for a good season, but in a season like that of 1908, 

 when crops of all kinds suffered severely, I think it demor 

 strates conclusively that our methods of planting were soun 



not only theoretically but practically. 



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