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Planting. Each planter sights over his two line stakes and 

 drives his mattock into the ground at the proper point. After 

 raising the handle, he slips one hand along to the head and 

 with the other receives a tree from the basket boy. Then as the 

 mattock is lifted with one hand the tree is put into the cleft with 

 the other, the mattock is removed and the cleft closed with a 

 stamp of the planter's heel. To spread the roots as much as 

 possible, and not bunch them, it is well to put the tree deep into 

 the cleft and before stamping withdraw it until the collar (the 

 junction of stem and root) is about one inch below the ground 

 surface. Two things must be observed: have each tree stand a 

 little lower than it did in the nursery never higher ; be sure the 

 earth is set close about the roots and that the tree stands fairly 

 upright. 



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Fig. 8. Diagram of area to be planted. Two rows are finished, the planters 

 are at work on two more. Line stakes have been set for six rows. 



