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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
February 21, 
MOVING SHADE TREES. 
Cau large shade trees be moved, say six 
inches in diameter, such as elm, maple 
and basswood, and what is the best time 
to do such work? L. c. G. 
Transplanting Large Trees. 
There are many reasons for transplant¬ 
ing large trees, for new ornamenting or 
other purposes- Persons sometimes de¬ 
sire to remove from the forest or else¬ 
where to their own grounds, trees 20 
feet or more in height. This is always a 
difficult task, particularly if the trees are 
taken from the forest, as there is nearly 
always a net-work or roots, large and 
small, of other trees to contend with, to 
make difficult the proper digging of the 
trre it is desired to transplant. All trees 
of four inches or more diameter, from 
whatever source procured, should be re¬ 
moved with a considerable ball of earth 
attached. Forest treees seldom have suf- 
iicient fibrous roots to hold the ball of 
earth intact, therefore to make the trans¬ 
planting of them successful they should 
undergo a season's preparation before re¬ 
moval. This consists in digging around 
them, in Fall or Spring, a narrow trench 
three feet or so away from the tree, cut¬ 
ting off all horizontal roots, and with a 
sharp knife carefully pruning all bruised 
and mutilated roots, after which fill in 
the trench with soil and allow the tree 
to remain without further distrubanee 
ItiG Fok Moving Tree. 
until the Fall or Spring, when they can 
be safely removed to their new quarters. 
The root pruning will force thousands of 
fibers to push out all through the sur¬ 
rounding soil during the season preced¬ 
ing, which will not only supply the tree 
' ith a splendid system of feeding roots, 
l ut hold the ball of earth so firmly intact 
t at it can be removed any distance 
almost, without shaking off. 
Perhaps the simplest and easiest 
Method of removal, in the absence of an 
apparatus especially designed for the 
jmrpose. is the scaffold and stone’boat 
outfit, shown. Any farmer can construct 
his and use it. For trees 20 feet in 
height the scaffold should be at least 10 
Sect high, about seven feet wide, between 
i he side pieces at the bottom, and may be 
Harrowed to four feet at the top. It 
should be constructed of hard wood ma¬ 
terial, sufficiently heavy to carry half a 
•/on or more. When the tree is loosened 
ready for removal, place the cross piece 
sigainst the tree, with the standards or 
side pieces at sufficient angle that when 
t! he scaffold is brought to a perpendicular 
position the tree will be raised high 
enough to clear the stone boat or drag 
upon which it is loaded. A good padding 
of burlap or like material must be wound 
around the body of the treet at point of 
contact with scaffold, and securely tied 
n place, to prevent injury to the bark. 
The tree is lashed to the scaffold with 
strong rope of sufficient thickness to carry 
the weight. A strong horse, or team, as 
jaay be required, hitched to the ropes at¬ 
tached to the top of scaffold will easily 
raise the tree with the adhering ball ot 
earth and deposit it on the drag. It may 
be unloaded by the same process. K. 
Top Dressing Apple Treea. 
f' 
What would be the best dressing to put 
in round mature apple trees in sod land, 
;md when? Have always used stable ma¬ 
nure, but thought something in the chemi¬ 
cal line would be better for a change. 
The soil is heavy and black, with a clay 
bardpan subsoil. J. E. w. 
In this case we would keep on using 
'the dressing of stable manure, put on the 
isod about as far out as the branches ex¬ 
pend. Stable manure being rich in nitro¬ 
gen should have something to balance it, 
the potash and phosphoric acid, and this 
cau be done by using around each tree, 
scattered out freely, five or six pounds 
of a mixture of three pounds acid phos¬ 
phate to one part of muriate of potash. 
Trees for Fence Posts. 
Could you inform me about planting 
locust trees for fence posts, etc? I would 
plant them along fence rows whore land 
is used mostly for pasture, as it would 
make better pasture where other trees 
make less. Which is the better to plant. 
Honey or Black locust? s. J. M- 
Grantsville, Md. 
In your slction of the State the Black 
locust grows well and is not attacked by 
the locust borer and the leaf miner as it 
it in other sections. The best plan would 
be to plant locust trees along the pro¬ 
posed fence row at a distance of 10 feet 
apart, and then as soon as they are large 
enough to carry the fence wires they 
could be used for live fence posts When 
they have reached their maximum growth 
the trees could then be cut down and 
worked up into a large quantity of fence 
posts. . R. B. 
COST OF HEATING FIXTURES. 
The recent articles giving experience 
of persons who tried different methods 
of house heating have interested me. 
Over 20 years ago my father built a 
home and installed the best hot-air furn¬ 
ace then obtainable this was discarded | 
shortly after and an up-to-date hot-water 
outfit put in its place. With that we 
were able to place the heat anywhere we 
desired, regardless of the direction of 
wind. That outfit cost about $750. and 
iu later years the boiler being of the 
earlier type, was replaced by an up-to- 
date one (after the other had burned 
out). The plumbers at that time wanted 
about $250 for the new boiler. I had the 
“pull” of an architect friend and he found 
one for us at $175, and we thought we 
were lucky (this was all in a big city). 
A year ago I decided a hot-water system 
would be best for this farmhouse, so be¬ 
gan to look them up. I found a house 
which seemed to carry good stuff, so from 
pointers I had gained I figured out j'ust 
how much radiation I would want and 
the proper boiler. Then giving them a 
sketch of the house plans (but saying 
nothing of my estimate on radiation) I 
asked them for an estimate. Their plans 
called for practically the same as mine 
(within 10 feet of it). That convinced 
me that they knew what they were do¬ 
ing, and I ordered the outfit complete to 
cost me, as I remember it $273. The 
boiler itself was only $67, and almost as 
large as the one I had bought on the 
“pull” at $175. About that time a 
brother in town placed an outfit in his 
house, doing most of it himself and on 
account of his big “pull” be got off for 
about $450. Word reached me that he 
was very sorry I, a farmer, should have | 
ordered such a thing in the way I did, j 
fearing that I would be terribly “stung.” j 
I learned the name of bis boiler, which 
was made by one of the best concerns in 
the country, and when my complete ship¬ 
ment was received, direct from the fac¬ 
tory, what did I find in the box but a 
package of graphite manufactured at that 
town, where the boiler was made with the 
name of the big company which had built 
the outfit, which my brother had used 
showing to me that the same company 
had made my outfit complete and that 
I. a farmer, had won out with twice as 
much for my dollars as the city brother. 
Pleasant Valley, N. Y. R. J. W. 
Building an Apple House. 
I would like to build a house to store 
apples in. We have good market here 
and it is inconvenient for us to ship to 
cold storage aud then have the fruit re¬ 
turned again. I have iu mind about what 
I want, but would like to hear from some 
oue who may have something of this 
kind as to what success they have met 
with, stating construction, etc. I intend 
to build one of about 1.500 bushels ca¬ 
pacity, cement floor, and side walls about 
three feet high of cement. On top of 
this I am thinking of building with 2x4, 
sheeting outside with inch boards and 
paper under weather boards. On inside 
of studding I expect to sheathe with 
one-half-ineh boards and paper, then 
another one-lialf-incli board- In this I 
expect to place sufficient windows so as 
to be able to sort apples, etc., and also 
to supply cold air in the early Fall at 
night. Then I expect to place steam 
pipes in building to furnish beat in 
Winter to keep fruit from freezing. 
Ringtown, Pa. C. L. 
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