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, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1969
Men, Machines Raise Pecan Trees ±
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EFFORT TO SAVE TREES UPROOTED BY HURRICANE In top left photo, a tree skidder, tractor-like device with a heavy blade In front, is used to scoop earth out of the hole left by an uprooted tree at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Wilson. Next (top right), workman prunes tree limbs with a chain saw preparatory to raising tree. After pruning, fork-lift operator (bottom left) pushes tree back up with the help of the tree skidder pulling from the other side with a
—Photo by James Pitts, T-P Staff Photographer.
CAMILLE IS DEMONSTRATED AT CARRIERE, MISS.
cable attached to the tree. Bottom right photo shows pecan tree upright once again. The sooner the trees are erected the better the chances they have of survival. Watering of trees immediately on their re-erection and weekly thereafter is recommended. Also it is advisable to paint the tree wounds before the tree is erected.