Soatliern Nargery Gompany* Winc[iester,"Tenn. 
of productivity by arlilicial iji-eparatlou. It is not. neces- 
sary for roots to come in contact with the pUint food. Plant 
roots have the power to draw from the soil tlie necessary 
oleincnts of plant food — that is, if the soil is sufficiently 
porous to permit of tlie passage of these elements. The 
porosity of the soil is of the highest imiHjrtance, as water or 
moisture carries the food elements to the i>lant root Here 
Is where an explosive is beneficial even when the soil is 
good, average or fair. It thoroughly loosens the soil and 
exposes it to the chemical action of air. 
PUODUCTIVITY OF TREES DOUBLED. 
With the land in this condition, the rain can penetrate 
to the subsoil at all times to irrigate and fertilize the vicin- 
ity of tlie main roots. Nourishment is carried to the vitai 
organs of the young trees. The rich fertilized, oxyjgen- 
beariiig surface soil is not scoured away by the rains. 
It is carried down through the cracks to the roots. The ex- 
plosions not only enrich the soil ami turn it over, but they 
kill worms, fungi, and parasites in the vicinity. Freed from 
the attacks of insect pests and abhorcous diseases, and with 
every horticultural inducement for growth, tlie dynamite- 
planted trees far outstrip those set out in the old-fashioned 
way. In five years your trees planted with dynamite will 
be worth twice as much as those set out with a shovel. 
I'EC.VN CUOVE THE IDE.VL HOME AND BEST INCOME 
INVESTMENT. 
Mr. R. W. Stone, of Thonuisvllle, Ga., in a paper read be- 
fore llie State Horticultural Society, said: "You might 
ask do the facts justify your»inlerests, and will planting for 
the future be safe? 
JIOKE THAN $."0 AN ACHE IN SEVENTH YEAR. 
'•\Ve think so, when ten acres at Thomasville last fall, 
th<> seventh year after planting, yielded 1,13(5 pounds of nuts, » 
which sold for 50 cents per pound before gathered. And 
the same land produced one bale of cotton to the acre 
(worth from $'>0 to $75, a<'cording to market price). 
"A\'e think so, when wc can get from thirty to sixty pounds 
of nuts off a ten-year-old tree and sell them for DO cents 
a pound. 
