THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 133 
the end of the draft rope, and slowly driven in the proper direc- 
tion to pull the tree over. . If the tree does not readily tip over, 
dig under and cut off any fast root. While it is tipped over, 
work out more of the soil with the sticks. Now pass a large 
rope, double, around a few large roots close to the tree, leaving 
the ends of the rope turned up by the trunk to be used in lift- 
ing the tree at the proper time. Tip the tree in the opposite 
direction and put another large rope around the large roots 
close to the trunk; remove more soil and sce that no roots are 
fast to the ground. 
Four guy-ropes at- S04 
tached to the upper 
parts of the tree, 
as shown in the cut 
(Fig. 149), should 
be put on properly 
and used to pre- LX | 
vent the tree from , aneatiete * 
tipping over toofar {> <AqpN —te| 
as well as to keep it 
upright. A good ~# Dan ae 
deal of the soil can 149. The tree ready to lift. 
be put back in the hole without covering the roots to get it out of 
the way of themachine. The latter can now be placed about the 
tree by removing the front part, fastened by four bolts, placing 
the frame with the hind wheels around the tree and replacing the 
front parts. Two timbers, three-by-nine inches, and twenty 
feet long, are now placed on the ground under the hind wheels, 
and in front of them, parallel to each other for the purpose of 
keeping the hind wheels up out of the big hole when drawing 
the tree away; and they are also used while backing the hind 
wheels across the new hole in which the tree is to be planted. 
The machine (Figs. 149, 150) consists of a hind axle twelve feet 
long, and broad-tired wheels. The frame is made of spruce 
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