How a Tree Plantation is Started. 



Girls removing young' .seedlinss from the Laurentide Company .se«i 

 propariitorv 1o "luM'Iins' i;i" for transplanting. Mr. Ford is foreman 



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How the seedlings are "threaded" into the planting board. Note the empty board leaning 



against the corner of the cabin. Portable cabins are employed in this work. 



Incidentally, Girls have been found to be much inore dexterous worl^ers than boys. 



Transplanting the seedlings to the open field. The girl holds the planting board while the men 



pack the earth against the roots of the seedlings. "Planting boards" are 



great labor savers and do more accurate work. 



