back on top and bottom soil on the bottom 
around the roots. 
If soil is wet when planting, tamp soil well 
around roots. No water is necessary. If soil 
is dry at the time of planting, set tree exactly 
as explained above and water sufficiently to 
set the ground well around the roots. Then put 
the remaining topsoil into the hole and leave 
loose without watering, leaving a loose mulch 
of topsoil. If trees are planted on hillsides or 
in pasture or sod, leave a depression around 
trees to gather water and mulch with manure 
or any well-rotted compost, taking care not to 
let it touch the bark of tree. 
Jrimming Nut Jrees 
In transplanting the trees they should have 
the tops reduced according to size. Trees 
should be trimmed back about one-third its 
size. This is done to balance the many hair 
roots which are lost in digging the tree. The. 
trimming of trees when transplanting is usually 
practiced with all deciduous trees when trans- 
planting them except where expensive methods 
of moving them with earth are employed. 
Many people prefer to keep the present top 
on a tree. In this case, the tree is usually lost. 
The top which is reduced in the spring at 
transplanting time will be regained with its 
next season's growth. It is always good to 
leave plenty of leaves on the tree because they 
are part of the tree's natural function of respira- 
tion. Do not attempt to cut off any new growth 
of the tree until the end of the second growing 
season. Allowing the tree to shade itself in this - 
manner is far more important than any prepa- 
ration we have yet tried. 
The next best method of shading the trunk 
of the tree during hot weather is by merely 
wrapping the trunk of the tree with heavy 
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