been very dry weather, making the screening of 

 the soil simple and speedy. 



Every hole was dug nearly two feet deep, 

 even for the little trees, and some of the holes 

 were over four feet deep — not one was less than 

 thirty inches wide and some very much wider. 

 After the digging and a pick had loosened the 

 soil at the bottom, each hole was filled with water 

 again and again. 



Where good soil was not found it was pro- 

 vided, and where the subsoil was sticky wet 

 clay, drainage was provided by introducing a 

 layer of stones at the bottom of the holes. No 

 fertilizer of any kind was used in the holes. None 

 of the trees were planted deeper than the soil 

 mark showed they had been planted in the nur- 

 sery. I know some writers advise planting deeper 

 than the nursery planting, but I have found that the 

 settlement after planting accomplishes the some- 

 what deeper planting that is sometimes advised. 



As each tree, large and small, had come 

 "balled," each ball remained intact, because they 

 had been thoroughly "soaked," as I have men- 

 tioned, and as the burlap was not removed, only 



