St g ek 01 s t r ib u 1 1 on . 



1. Spring Bist-lbutic 



The spring stock r'istri'bution was carried on 

 very much the i:-.i the past, with the exception 



of one iiroorl l?&8g*, H , horse-drawn trr 



\er. Formerly the stoeJ lifted "by epad.es, - 



another m&n -kill ing job. ^hly ii'ree T >igg*r was 



i --L tric^ out. 



r xhe J lie order of 



?, except that the share is an Jj~sbisd knife, 

 the device drawn "by two horses in tsndeB. :.fe 



cute the tree a surfac . 



life t>lade 



an inch bach o cut'" sd^it: oauats the rc^r of trees 



to elic.e 11 -h is thus 



:o result in a sort of sflplWtion of 



the roots and breaking of the soil wben the slice of earth 

 falls into re, behinc the plow, BO 



that the trees ore easily pulled from t ound, yet the 



roots ^re not T?ith the trencher 



Of t: 



implement, consi :n lifting the trees resulted 



at the r The r/iov/ r; o a TO P stone, 



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