AGRICULTURE AND PLANTING. .83 



On the Use oj the Tree Transplanter. 



by Fig. 5. Balance the tree on the machine as nicely as possible, then make it 

 fest to the iron bars, or bolts H and G, and the hindmost wooden bar D, taking 

 care to surround the tree well with straw where it rests upon the bars and bolts, 

 to prevent the bark from being galled. 



Pull the whole down together gently by the rope H, let three or four men, 

 and a horse if necessary, at the- rope I steady the motion downwards, at the same 

 time let a man or two guide the waggon bolt into the fore^carriage, into which 

 put the horses, and then transport the tree to the pit, which will by this time be 

 ready to receive it. 



Draw the waggon up along that side of the pit on which the top soil was laid, 

 run it back, &c. until you get it in such a position, that by rearing the machine 

 and tree upright, (as when loaded) the root with its ball of earth may drop ex- 

 actly into the centre of the pit amongst the puddle, which will so run into all 

 the cavities of the ball of earth hanging to the root, as to surround every fibre. 

 Fill the pit completely up, and raise a mound of earth about a foot higher than 

 the surface, all round the tree, two or three feet distant from the centre, observing 

 to hollow it towards the tree, for the easier reception and retention of moisture. 

 The tree will then be able to defy the rudest assaults of the wind, even at first 

 planting, without any other support. Proceed in the same manner until the whole 

 of the trees are planted, and the design finished. 





