SETTING OUT TREES. 15 



die," which are carried along on a buckboard between the planters. 

 While one load of trees is being distributed to the planters another 

 load is being put into the barrels on the other buckboard. One man 

 will be constantly required to replenish the barrels on the buckboards, 

 to drive the loads of trees out into the tield, and to bring back the 

 vehicles with their empty barrels. 



Each planter with his spade makes an incision in the bottom of the 

 furrow as deep as possible, and then pries back and forth on the spade 

 handle until the cleft is 3 or 4 inches wide. The boy at the barrel 

 hands him a tree and the planter inserts it into the opening, taking- 

 care to spread its roots in fan shape; then, with two strokes of the 

 spade, earth is scraped down from each side of the furrow against the 

 tree. As the planter advances to make the next incision, he tramps 

 the earth around the tree he has just planted. The most necessary 

 precautions are to be sure that the roots are covered and that the 

 trees will stand erect until the furrow is filled by the cultivator. The 

 man with the lister, after an hour's work, unhitches from this imple- 

 ment and hitches up to the wheel cultivator. With this he follows the 

 planters, filling in the earth around the trees, and thus completing 

 the planting operation. One man. with 3 horses can open and fill 

 up the furrows for 8 men planting with spades, while 4 boys can 

 hand out the trees from the barrels if the supply of trees is kept 

 replenished by another man. With this equipment, 8,000 trees can 

 be planted in ten hours, or 4 acres can be covered in a day if 2,000 

 trees are planted per acre. The following is a liberal estimate of the 

 cost of planting by this method : 



10 men, at $1.50 each per day $15.00 



5 horses, at 50 cents each per day 2.50 



4 boys, at $1 each per day 4. 00 



Wear and tear on machinery 2. 50 



Total 24.00 



Cost per acre 6.00 



A less efficient crew for planting may be composed of 3 men, 1 boy, 

 and 4 horses. Two men do the planting, one man with a lister and 

 cultivator furrows out and fills up the trenches, and the boy hands out 

 the trees. The teamster can replenish the trees in the barrel from 

 time to time as his work with the team is slack. By this method the 

 cost of planting 2,000 trees to the acre will be about $9. 



TREATMENT OF EVERGREEN TREES. 



Evergreen trees should be planted in the same way as deciduous 

 trees, but must be handled with much more care. The roots should 

 never be allowed to dry, and every precaution should be taken to 



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