Brigham City Bugler | 1891-06-13 | Page 3 | Blasting Boles for Trees to Grow In

Blasting Dole for Trees to Grow In. "Few people elsewhere in the world may ever havo heard of blasting holes to plant shade or fruit trees," eaid a culti-vntor culti-vntor the other day, "yet the practice is common here, and shows good results. In most places there is found sufficient fop soil for any purpose, but as land has becouje valuable people have cast about for means lo utilize lands where the coarse sand rock comes too near the surface sur-face for successful tree planting. A blast, well put in, creates a pocket for broken rock mixed with top Boil, which furnishes a basin to hold moisture, as wel) as a deeper and cooler hold for the roots. It is yet too early to say what will ho tlie ultimate resultsof such plant-1 plant-1 ing, but in a climate like ours, where a superfluity of rainfall is not likely to occur, oc-cur, it will nodouht be successful." San Diego Union.