The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-16

Results secured by prominent
orchardists indicate that the planting
and cultivation of fruit trees IS being
revolutionized.
Although the attention of farmers
has but recently been directed in gen.
eral to the use of dynamite for va
rious AGRICULTURAL purposes, expert
ments have been going on for many
wears to, determine it's exact efficiency
and how it Can best be used
As is usually the case with original
innovations, the first horticulturists to
try out this new aid to scientific farm
ing have been those noted for their
leadership in their respective fields
of work.
The time las ROW come when we
can deal not with theories, but with
facts-with results which prove con-
clusi7ely that dynamite has advan-
tages in fruit culture, but just how
great these advantages are can not
be stated until further experiments
have demonstrated the most econom1-
cal methods of using dynamite in the
orchard.
It is obvious that several years are
required after the planting OF a frult
tree in a. dynamited hole, to ascertain
lust how its life or growth differs
from one planted in spaded hole, and
further experimentation will be ne
cessary to show whether it is neces-
sary or advisable to use more or less
dynamite per hole to get maximum
results, cost considered.
The following results already de-
termined should be Of interest to pro-
gressive horticulturists everywhere:
/. Planting trees with dynamite
practically eliminates the loss OF
young trees during the first year.
2. Trees can be planted much more
rapidly by the dynamite method than
by the old method.
3. Trees planted with dynamite come
into bearing from one to two years
sooner than those planted by the soil
method.
4. Trees planted by dynamite grow
much more rapidly and yield much
more heavily than those planted in
the old way.
One Of the chief elements of loss in
orchard work is the loss Of trees the
first year. S. II. Bollinger, president
Clear Creek Lumber company, Shreve-
port, La, stated that he used dyna-
mite in blasting the holes in which l.
o80 pecan trees were planted one year
ago, also for planting 5000 peach
trees. He says the percentage Of loss
on the pecan trees (Which are among
the most difficult to set so they will
live), was almost nothing compared
with the loss on other trees planted
in the ordinary way.
Another point of great Importance
to orchardists is that trees planted
with dynamite come into bearing
much sooner than when planted by
the old way. W. W. Stevens, orchard
list Of Mayfeld, Ca, reports that he has
been using dynamite for tree planting
for 18 or 20 years and that in the
planting of peach trees by this method
- he gained two years in six as compar-
led with the old method. In other
words he got as much fruit from a
tree planted with dynamite at four
years of age as he got at six years by
the old method.
Mrs. John Rawley, Of Grants Pass,
Oregon, reports that she plants all
3her trees with dynamite as result OF
careful tests to show the benefits OF
this method. She advised that all
trees be set in wet weather as this
insures a storage of moisture under
the tree. This is the chief reason why
planting trees with dynamite is bene-
fetal.
= Is shown in the sectional cut here
with, trees planted in spaded holes
must tight their way into the compact
subsoil which has never been disturb
ed, where IS when planted in a dyna'
mited hole the ground being thorough
ly broken up under the surface sol
makes an easy path for the roots sc
that they spread out and have a large
area from which to draw water ant