

. WITH 
WITHOUT.» sand i. 
It DOES make a DIFFERENCE! 
WHAT IS RA-PID-GRO? 
Ra-Pid-Gro is a complete, concentrated plant food. It 
Miracle 
Plant Food 
Analysis: 23% Nitrogen, 21% Phosphate, 17% Potash 




USE FOR — 
* EVERGREENS 
* SHRUBS 
* SHADE TREES 
* ROSES 
Also for Lawns, Perennials, 
Vegetables, House Plants 


POSTPAID to your DOOR 
markable discovery. Since it is applied in liquid form, 
speeds up growth of plants now in place, and assures 
more successful transplanting of new plants. 
HOW IS IT USED? 
Just add water at the rate of 1 lb. of Ra-Pid-Gro to 22 
gallons of water. It is ready to use as soon as it dis- 
solves. For a small number of plants, mix at the rate of 
1 teaspoonful to a quart of water. 
WHAT WILL IT DO? 
Ra-Pid-Gro works almost unbelievable miracles in pro- 
moting rapid and healthy growth on all types of plants. 
All the vital plant food elements are present in this re- 
they are readily available to the roots of the plant. 
HOW DOES COST COMPARE? 
Ra-Pid-Gro is much less expensive. In the larger quan- 
tities it makes your fertilizer cost about 1/7 cent per lb. 
1 pound Ra-Pid-Gro (makes 
2 pounds Ra-Pid-Gro (makes 
5 pounds Ra-Pid-Gro (makes 110 gals.) $ 4.50 postpaid 
10 pounds Ra-Pid-Gro (makes 220 gals.) $ 8.75 postpaid 
25 pounds Ra-Pid-Gro (makes 550 gals.) $21.00 postpaid 

as against a cost of about 3 cents per Ib. for average 
fertilizers. Remember, 1 pound of Ra-Pid-Gro makes 176 
pounds of rich and complete plant food. 
22 gals.) $ 1.25 postpaid 
44 gals.) $ 2.35 postpaid 


Itt Easy ta PLANT TREES RIGHT 
When to Plant 
Spring planting season is from March 15 to 
June 1. Fall planting is 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 
lanting season is September 1 to November 1, or 
Petore the ground freezes. 
Preparations for Planting 
It is not necessary to prepare the soil in any way 
before planting. Plowing before planting often. al- 
lows 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 trees during the hot months of the first few 
seasons after planting. Do not use dry fertilizer be- 
fore, during, or immediately after planting as the 
fresh fertilizer invariably burns the tender roots. A 
liquid fertilizer, ‘‘Ra-Pid-Gro,’’ is a safe and efh- 
cient plant food which may be used to dip tree 
roots before planting or better, may be poured into 
the hole with the tree (‘‘puddled’’). 
When your trees arrive UN- a 
PACK AT ONCE. This is very syraireR 
important. While trees are out of Orgies 
the ground they must be handled i293 00-.2-M 
very carefully. Do mot expose the 22)" ivo'"o" 0 
roots to sunlight or drying winds, Tre ft a 
or the trees will be seriously in- 


“HEELING IN’’ 
jured or killed. Dig a trench (see 
drawing) deep enough to ac- {3 °° 
commodate the roots and long S 
enough to hold the trees. This 
trench should be near the plant- 
ing site in a shaded location such 
as the north side of a building 
or woods, and accessible to water 
if possible. Your trees will come 
packed in crates or cartons with 
the roots wrapped in moist moss 
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Cran 
2 ORIVE MATTOCK BLADE 

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.’”’ ‘'Ra-Pid-Gro"' (see full descrip- 
tion above), is a plant food quickly absorbed, 
helpful to trees while healed in. When planting 
carry a few bundles of trees in an ordinary water 
bucket with the roots immersed in thick, soupy mud. 
Here again, a solution of ‘‘Ra-Pid-Gro’’ to make 
the mud will feed the trees and help overcome the 
shock of replanting. This mud mixture will adhere 
to the roots, and while planting will dry «slightly 
on the surface conserving necessary moisture-- in 
contact with the root itself. 
How to Plant 
A MATTOCK is the best tool for tree planting 
in soil. containing rock or shale or that is excep- 
tionally hard to work. Open a hole deep enough 
to accommodate the roots, and large enough to 
allow for spreading out the roots. Next take a tree 
from the bucket and place it in the hole so that 
when the hole is closed the tree will stand as deep 
|| 

Specially Designed 
Extra HeavyTool for 
Tree Planting 


STRAIGHT DOWN: 
OPEN SLIT BY 
RAISING HANOLE. 
OPEN TOP OF SLIT BY 
PULLING BACK MATTOCK, 

INSERT TREE 
FIG. B 
TAMP SOIL 
WITH HEEL, 
Shipped Postpaid 
within 600 miles 
FIG. A Each eens een $7.75 FIG. C 
or preterably Y2 to 34 inches deeper than it was in 
the nursery. Spread out the roots as much as pos- 
sible, never curl them up in a ball. Then close the 
hole completely, forcing soil tight against roots with 
heel, which will leave a slight depression to catch 
rain water. Careful spreading of roots, and tight 
packing of good soil around the roots will insure 
success with planting. (See Figure A.) 
Faster planting than with mattock can be accom- 
plished with a SPADE illustrated on this page 
(Figures B and C) PROVIDED soil is relatively 
tree of stones. 
TREE’ PLANTING MACHINES are available and 
are satisfactory where planting is quite extensive 
and soil is easily worked. 
Crew Organization 
Planting small tracts three men work together. 
One man goes ahead and digs the holes, the other 
two follow 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 parellel 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 neces- 
sary; also to observe that no more than one tree 
is planted in each hole, to watch s acing, to see 
that trees are planted properly, and to keep the 
crew going as rapidly as possible. 
ONE MAN CAN PLANT AN 
AVERAGE OF 1,000 TREES PER DAY 

Spacing 
Where thinning is to be done at a comparatively 
young age (4 to 5 years) as with a Christmas Tree 
and/or ornamental plantation, spacing is 3’ by 3/ 
for Spruce or 5’ by 5’ for Pines. With a forest 
plantation when no thinning is intended for 20 to 
25 years, 6’ by 6’ or 8’ by 8’ is recommended. 

Number of trees required per acre for dif- 
ferent spacings: 
3x 3 — 4,840 
4x4 — 2,722 
5'x, 5301, 742 
6x 6 — 1,210 

MUSSER FORESTS Inc. 
Indiana, Penna. 

