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A Folding Spudder for Tree Planting

Although at the present time much tree planting in New York is dine by machines that do the complete job, a large amount is still done by hand. For a number of years now, "spudders" mounted onto the rear wheels of rubber-tired tractors have been employed in the western districts of New York as an aid to digging the holes for such hand planting. These devices mechanize the process of hole digging and result in a more uniform job, especially when inexperienced labor is employed. They reduce costs and speed the planting of the seedlings and therefore improve the quality of the job


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Author(s): E. J. Whalen

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 25 (1956)