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Show PLAN TO REPAIR SPLIT TREE Large Limbs Can Be Lifted Back Into Place by Use of Block and Tackle. Ten to one there are some trees In your orchard that are split down, one big branch on the ground, or perhaps a crotch has split and the whole tree has spread. If the tree Is worth the effort, it can be saved provided the split ls clean. Of course, If the branch is splintered and cracked, better bet-ter finish the Job by sawing the branch off and dressing the wound up as smoothly ns possible, applying a good coat of white lead and raw linseed oil to the wound for protection. If the wound is of such nature that it can be repaired, lift the branch back into position; liirjre limbs can be lifted lift-ed back with a block and tackle. Place bolts through the break in such a manner as to draw the parts together. A bolt may be placed a foot or so above the split to act as a brace, and then the parts of the wound drawn together by a bolt or two through the part split down. There should be large washers at each end of the bolts so that the parts may be drawn together very securely. If a bolt end protrudes much of a distance dis-tance it can be clipped off if desired, and within a few years the trees will grow over the exposed heads and nuts. I A little time spent with the brace and I bit and a few bolts may save a lot I of time it would take to set out and j grow a new tree. j |