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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 see that no roots are 

 fast to the ground. 

 Four guy-ropes at- 

 tached to the upper 

 parts of the tree, 

 as shown in the cut 

 (Fig. 149), should 

 be put on properly 

 and used to pre- 

 vent the tree from 

 tipping over too far 

 as well as to keep it 

 upright. A good 

 deal of the soil can i^^- ^^^^^ 



be put back in the hole without covering the roots to get it out of 

 the way of the machine. 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 



