31,000 Young Norway Pine Trees in a bed 12 ft. by 4 ft., 

 from 6 oz. of Seed. 



a crew of five men. Five men can average over 5,000 trees 

 a day by the method I have described and with over 99 per 

 cent of the trees strong and healthy this fall is good proof 

 that the planting was done well this spring by this method. 

 The trees planted were all large four-year-old trees, so that 

 with smaller trees the work would probably progress faster. 

 After the trees were dug up from the transplant beds they 

 were bundled up in bundles of 100 and buried in the ground 

 with the tops left out this is known as "heeling in" and I 

 found it, too, an advantage to plow a furrow and heel the 

 trees in, in this furrow. When they were carried out to the 

 field for planting they were put in a wagon box, the bottom 

 of which contained wet moss, water was then thrown on them 

 and they were hauled out. The advantage of having them in 



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