New Plant Food Insures a Better Start for Musser Tree Seedlings 

while in transit. SECOND, it stimulates the seedling root 
system so that there is little loss of growth after seedling 
is transplanted in soil. 
This solution is added to the moss that is placed around 
the roots of the trees when they are packed for shipment. 
We do not recommend further use of fertilizers unless 
you are entirely familiar with them. Too much fertilizer 
is usually more detrimental than too little. 

Valley Section of Musser Forests, Inc. Nursery 
From our laboratories we have developed 
a plant food extracted from parts of certain 
wild plants and shrubs. This discovery has 
surpassed all our expectations, and _ has 
solved the two most important problems in- 
volved in the movement of seedling trees 
from nursery to plantation. FIRST, it pre- 
serves the tender root hairs of your seedlings 

Planting for Prosperity After the War 
If local male labor is not ayailable, girls can do the planting. 


PLANTING 
When to Plant 
Best results are usually obtained from spring planting (March 15 to June 
1). However fall planting is often quite satisfactory when larger transplant 
stock is used, and when the site is fairly dry. Never attempt to plant in the 
fall on moist sites as the trees will be heaved out of the ground by the action 
of the frost on the soil. Fall planting season is Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, or when 
the ground freezes. 
INSTRUCTIONS 
ordinary water bucket with the roots immersed in thick, soupy mud. This 
mud mixture will adhere to the roots, and while planting will dry slightly on 
the surface conserving the necessary moisture in contact with the root itself. 
How to Plant 
A mattock is the best tool for tree planting. Dig a hole deep enough tw 
accommodate the roots, and large enough to allow for spreading out the 
roots. See Figure A. Next take a tree from the bucket and place it in the 
Preparations for Planting 
It is not necessary to prepare the soil in any way before planting. Plow- 
ing before planting oftens allows too much settling after planting leaving the 
trees lying upon the surface. Sod and weeds in the planting site conserve 
moisture, and shade the young wees during the hot months of the first few 
seasons atter planting. Do not fertilize betore, during, or immediately after 
planting as the fresh fertilizer invariably burns the tender roots. Fertilizer as 
a top dressing around the trees may be added several years after planting if 
desired. 
When your trees arrive UNPACK AT ONCE. This is very important. 
While trees are out of the ground they must be handled very carefully. Do 
not expose the roots to sunlight or drying winds, or the trees will be seriously 
injured or killed. Dig a trench deep enough to accommodate the roots and 
long enough to hold the trees. This trench should be near the planting site 
in a shaded location such as the north side of a building or woods, and acces- 
sible to water if possible. Your trees will come packed in crates or cartons 
with the roots wrapped in moist moss and the tops dry. Remove all of this 
packing material and place the bundles of trees in the trench, packing loose 
soil tightly around the roots so that air is excluded. If the soil is dry water 
them after ‘‘Heeling-in.'’ When planting carry a few bundles of tiees in an 
3x3 — 4,840 
Ax 42.9722 

(A) Dig large heles. 
Spacing 
Where thinning is to be done at a comparatively young age (4 to 
5 years) as with a Christmas Tree plantation, spacing is 3’ by 3’ 
or 4’ by 4’. With a forest plantation when no thinning is intended 
for 20 to 25 years 5’ by 5’ or 6’ by 6’ is recommended. 
Number of trees required per acre for different spacings: 
hole so that when the hole is filled the tree will stand as deep or preferably 
Y, to 44 inches deeper than it was in the nursery. Spread out the roots as 
much as possible, never curl them up in a ball. Then fill the hole partially 
and pack soil firmly about the roots with hand or mallet. Then fill the hole 
completely leaving a slight depression to catch rain water. Avoid using stones 
and pieces of sod in filling the hole as these make air pockets that are detri- 
mental to the successful establishment of the seedling. Careful spreading ot 
roots, and tight packing of good soil around the roots will insure success 
with planting. 
Crew Organization 
Planting small tracts three men work well together. One man goes ahead 
and digs the holes, the other two foliow with buckets of trees and plant them 
in the holes. In planting more extensive tracts ten men will work to the best 
advantage. Three men go ahead in a parailel line digging the holes. Two 
planters follow each digger setting the trees. The tenth man follows the 
crew with two buckets of trees and replenishes the planters buckets as nec- 
essary; also to observe that no more than one tree ts planted in each hoie, 
to watch spacing, to see that trees are planted properly, and to keep the crew 
going as rapidly as possible. ; 




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i. Ane 
5x5 — 1,742 RRO oi 
6x6 — 1,210 

(B) With tree in place partly fill the hole. 
then pack before final filling. 
