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 the trees will stand at the same height as they did at the 



nursery. No planting should "be done unless there is i.rriga- 

 tion water availaMe at the time. After the ground has "been 

 soaked for several feet on all sides of the newly set trees, 

 thorough cultivation should follow, as soon as the land is in 

 a proper condition. Under any systera of transplanting this 

 is good practice. 



A small' araount of fertilizer is applied soon after plant- 

 ing, for the yoiong roots to use when they first start out from 

 the "balls. A pure "bat guano, with a high percentage of nitro- 

 gen, aiiout three -fourths of a pound to the tree, ha,s "been found 

 to give the "best results ; "but any coinraercial fertilizer rich 

 in nitrogen, or aniinal fertilizer, if placed properly and kept 

 moist, answers well. It is applied in trenches each side of 

 the "ball, at right angles v/ith the irrigation furrows, and 

 reaching to them. They may "be made Toy ploughing a deep furrov>r 

 and deepening with a shovel to ten or twelve inches. The 

 material is carefully distributed and slightly mixed witi. earth 

 at the "bottom of the furrows ; the water from the. irrigating 

 furrows keeping this always moist, it is available as soon as 

 reached "by the rootlets. This also tends to deep rooting. 

 Thorough irrigation should follow planting SYery twelve or 

 fifteen days during the first summer. The whole space "between 

 the rows should "be thoroughly and deeply wet--not merely a 

 narrow strip on each side of the rows. Roots have "been found 

 to grow during the first summer over six feet from the tree 

 and these should be well supplied with moisture at all times. 



