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Tshe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 2, 1918 
Feeding unground corn, oats and other grams is ex¬ 
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and efficiency in feeding as upon large crops. The way to 
get 100% feeding value from feeds and prevent needless 
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The Mi.ssonri Ilotaiiical Garden Bulle¬ 
tin for December discussed the moving of 
large trees, the pictures given herewith 
being reproduced from this publication. 
Large trees are moved 
them Avith a large ball 
ing the fibrous roots, 
roots to full length and 
either by digging 
of earth contain- 
or by loosening 
lifting them with¬ 
out any 
moved in 
which are never 
soil. Deciduous trees may be 
either manner, hut evergreens, 
actually dormant, must 
Large Tree Being Prepared for Moving 
always bo moved with a large hall, pre¬ 
ferably in early ‘Spring or early Fall. 
There are sweval ways of moving trees 
with a ball. A miinher of different tree- 
moving machines are employed, or for 
lack of these a stone wagon may he used 
for medium-sized trees. The hall of the 
ti’ec is (lug in accordance with-the siiecitic 
requirements of the machine in use. The 
operations involvi'd for one type of ma¬ 
chine are as follows: A heavy truck 
w'ith a boom or pole attachi'd (often 
calh'd “the gun”) is lashed to the tree 
by means of chains, which are tiglitoned 
with a ratchet attachment, the tree hav¬ 
ing been previoii.vly paddc'd with straw 
bags at points of fastening. At the bot¬ 
tom of the truck is locati'd a steii-like 
structure which fits into a trench dug 
two feet away from the trunk of the tree 
and acts as a brace in bringing the tree 
out of the hole into a fiorizoiital position. 
This arrangement necessitates the dig¬ 
ging of an uneven ball which is onjy two 
f(‘et wide on one side while it ni.ay be 8-10 
feet on the other, (’are should be taken 
to l(>ave all fibrous roots, cutting only the 
largest, which are likely to extend a con¬ 
siderable distance out. It is sometimes 
well to prepare the trems beforehand, in 
.Tune, by trimming and cutting the roots 
at a jiroper distance from the trunk. 
These roots heal over and fill the ball 
with niynerous fibres. The growth is fur- 
tlier stimulated by application (if manure 
or coniiiH'rcial fertilizers. Artificial water¬ 
ing mus't be r(‘sorted to. however, if the 
tree is to remain healthy and vigorous. 
After the trench is dug to ii depth of 
where it is to remain. The wheels of the 
back truck are blocked, the boom is again 
connected with a block and pulley to a 
convenient post oi tree, while the front 
truck with the board forming the body 
are detached and the planks taken 
up. This leaves the tree attached 
to the boom of the back truck at 
the edge Of the hole, into which 
it is lowered by means of block and pul¬ 
ley. the boom later being disconnected and 
remov(‘d. Good soil should be filled 
around the roots, well tamped, and wat¬ 
ered to produce dose contact between the 
feeding roots and the enveloping soil 
liartifles wheih is so necessary for 
proper re-establishment of the tree. 
Generally, for the first year or two, 
it is necessary to anchor trees to 
prevent blowing over and to wrap the 
trunk with straw rope, to prevent drying 
out of the bark, while a mulch of ma’uire 
will conserve root moisture and furnish 
fertility. Hard pinning is necessary be¬ 
cause of the loss of roots in transplanting. 
Tien'S are quite easily moved upon a 
stone boat in which case the ball is 
wrajiped in burlap and slid up out of the 
hole on to the bottom of the wagon by 
means of rollers on a wooden incline, with 
a block and pulley. 
Trees may bo transplanted during the 
Winter with a frozen ball. In the Fall a 
mulch of manure is placed around the tree 
2—feet wider than the proposed ball. 
After the advimt of freezing weather the 
imilcli is removed and the ball dug grad¬ 
ually, allowing it to fimeze. In this man- 
The Tree Moved to the Hole 
ner the tree is easily moved, provided ii 
similar mulch has been placed over the 
new location to insure ea.sy digging and a 
favorable planting condition. 
Bad Taste in Potatoes 
Will 
liavi' a 
are all 
same piece 
not stori'd 
you explain why some potatoes 
strong, peculiar taste, and others 
right? Both lots came fi-om the 
of ground. These lots were 
the same place, however; 
in 
Ball of an 18 -inch Tree Dug 
I two f(‘et and the boom of the truck at¬ 
tached. the tr('e is rimdy for tilting out 
of the hole. This is done by means of a 
block and pulley arrangement attached 
to the boom and either to another tree or 
a “(lead man’’ (made by sinking a log 
two to three feet in the ground, bracing it 
with iron rods, attaching a chain to 
which the luilley is later hooked, and 
tamping the soil thoroughly). The power 
is supplied cither by a team of horses or 
by a wiiidla.ss. As the trim is gradually 
liftc'd out of its original place, some of the 
subsoil is removed from th(‘ bottom with 
rouiid-tiiicd forks, while the wheels of 
the truck are hlocki'd to pnwent slipiiing. 
As .soon as tilting to a horizontal posi¬ 
tion is accomi)lish('d a h(*avy iilatform is 
attached to the truck, underneath the 
li.-ill. and to another truck with a tongiu', 
the entire apparatus serving the fuiuftioii 
of a low wagon, the truck with the boom 
' and the tree constituting the rear end, 
; while the platform acts as the body of 
I the. wagon. The hole for the tree should 
: be dug somewhat larger in diameter than 
! t'.ie hall, but no deeper, ns the origiual 
depth of the roots must be secured. If 
the subsoil is of hardpan or heavy clay 
I'xtremely retentive of moisture, a tile 
drain should he laid a foot below the bot¬ 
tom of the hole to provide proper drain¬ 
age. If this is neglected death of the tree 
may result, due to excessive moisture 
causing acidity of the soil and subsequent 
rotting of the roots. Poor drainage may 
he ameliorated also by breaking up the 
subsoil with three to four charges of % 
stick each of 20 to 40 per cent dynamite. 
As soon as the hole is ready, two stout 
planks are placed over the opening at 
the same distance apart as the wheels of 
the front truck. The tree mover is then 
driven over these planks just far enough 
to place the ball in the exact position 
those that taste strong were k('pt about 
two mouths in a building which also 
lioiisi'd an auto, then were moved into the 
cellar. Would it he possible that these 
potatoes absorbed some gas which gives 
them this taste? G. M. T. 
Gloucester, Jlass. 
It is quite uuusual for potatoes to ab¬ 
sorb foreign flavors of any kind ; howiwer, 
if your i)otato(‘S were stored in the garage 
so that they came in contact with the 
waste oils or dense and confined gas fumes 
from the exhaiist, it would very likely af¬ 
fect the flavor and eating quality of your 
potatoes. Furthermore, it is jiossible that 
those jiotntoes which were storcnl in the 
garage were slightly toiiclu'd with frost, 
before they were stored, while they were 
in the garage, or while 
removed to the cellar, 
would give 
than a truly 
they were being 
This, however, 
them a sweet taste rather 
dlsagreoahle taste. Some of 
the starch in the potato would change to 
dextrin as the chill or touch of fro.st 
gradu.ally went out. If some of these po- 
Tree in Position Over the Hole. 
tatoes have a stieak of dark discoloration 
just under the skin, it is due to such 
chill rather than to flie absorption 
oil. K- «• 
a 
of 
“Ethel, dear, tell me Imuestly, did you 
return the engagement ring when you 
broke the engagement with Jack?’’ “Cer¬ 
tainly not! My feelings towards the ring 
have not changed as they have toward 
Jack.’’—Life. 
Transplanting Large Trees 
