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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



three-by-eight inches and twenty feet long. The braces are 

 three-by-five inches and ten feet long, and upright three-by-nine 

 inches and three feet high; these are bolted to the hind axle 

 and main frame. The front axle has a set of blocks bolted 

 together and of sufficient height to support the front end of the 

 frame. Into the top timbers, three-by-six inches, hollows are 

 cut at the proper distances to receive the ends of two locust 

 rollers. A windlass or winch is put at each end of the frame, 



other guy-ropes are made fast to the front and rear parts of the 

 machine. Four rope loops are made fast inside of the frame, and 

 are so placed that by passing a rope around the trunk of the tree 

 and through the loops two or three times, a rope ring is made 

 around the tree that will keep the trunk in the middle of the frame 

 and not allow it to hit either the edges or the rollers — a very 

 necessary safeguard. As the tree is slowly lifted by the wind- 

 lasses, the guy-ropes are loosened, as needed. The tree will pass 

 obstructions, such as trees by the roadside, but in doing so it is 

 better to lean the tree backward. When the tree has arrived at 

 its new place, the two timbers are placed along the opposite edges 



150. The tree read}^ to move. 



by which trees can 

 easily and steadily 

 be hfted and lowered, 

 the large double 

 ropes passing over 

 the rollers to the 

 windlasses. A locust 

 boom is put across 

 the machine under 

 the frame and above 

 the braces ; iron pins 

 hold it in place. The 

 side guy-ropes are 

 made fast to the ends 

 of this boom. The 



