nursery "by a few additional men taken from other work, 

 causing no confusion in the system. result, it w- 

 not necr to pull sno heel in stock in re&drm- or 

 orders that might come, so all stoc i pulled and pacj 

 the day it was shipped, th ,-.* y with the extra 

 operation of heeling in. -This tion costs $.005 per 

 thousand. 



The men follow the tree lifter, pull the trees 

 and tie them in hunches of 100 each, they ley the hunch 

 down anfl cover the roots with a handful of dirt. It might 

 "be mentioned here that costs might "be reduced an apr 'ble 

 amount if some no-knot ty:- ovice can be conceived of. 

 The present method of tying the "bunches with string takes 

 considerable time. 



The pr eking is done just before train time when 

 the trees rre to be shipped. The bunches are thrown into 

 the wagon end hauled to the packing machine, or carried. 

 in large wire he sleet s- 



The stock was formerly packed in c ^-ially 

 designed shipping crrte of two sizes, the smaller one 

 holding on an eve rage of 2,000 plants the larger 

 about 4,000. The cost of the wood material alone in 

 these crates was 16i cents cents, respective! . 

 Adding the cost of nails and work in putt' r together, 

 the total cost wrs about 18 cents and 30 cents each. 



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