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Show METHODS OF TREE PLANTING Many People Maka 8rloua Mistake of Simply Sticking Roots In Bundle Bun-dle In Detp Hols. Ry w. n. oit.nEnT. To my mind there la not half enough attention paid to the way treea are put Into the hole when planting. Boms people think that because treea have" root a they should grow nearly on tof of every ditch In tho country. For ten years 1 planted treea yearly, Half the treea 1 planted the first yeat failed because 1 didn't know how to plant properly. 1 said to myself then waa something wrong somewhere, either In the trees or In my want ol knowing how to plant I experimented a ccuple of years and found out the 'secret of my failure.' fail-ure.' Half of the young treea are nearly useless for planting on account pf the waya they art gulled at the nurseries. Some men, when they go pulling trees In the nurserlea pull away juat aa though they were pulling turnips In a hurry, slapping the roots together and throwing them away aa If they were no mora than rotten limbs. Young treea, to my mind, ahould ba handled mm rorMfultv mm mptrm Thnt In . I V j Fine Example of Good Roada and Beautiful Beau-tiful Treea. should be dug out of the ground and not pulled. When the roots are strained In the pulling tbey grow the Drat year badly and then die away. I examined the roots of a dozen young trees; there were two atralned and 1 cut the roots short In two more, for experiment's take. The onoa that were not atralned grew healthy from the atart and are growing well. The onea that were (trained grew nearly right the Brat year and died the aecond year, and the onea that I cut a little ot the roots aff lived In "decline. The roots, when planting, ahould be spread out evenly In a broad bole, not deep, the roota just barely covered. Where some, or most people, perhaps, make the mistake la In atlcklng the roota In a bundle In a deep bole. Treea planted In thla fashion are bound to falL At least It baa been my txperlence. Some people give he treea a pull ap after planting. With thla method I don't agree. There la do need of any more handling. It la Important to press the roota, secondly, say after a month, because of the air geta down alongside the item the tree la liable te fall. I have found alwaya that the fall waa the beat time for planting. When tbey were put In late I had more fail-area. fail-area. Another thing I notice In planting 14 if the young treea are arfy length of time pulled tbey are pretty sure to "go under." |