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Agitator Seedling Lifter

A tractor-drawn agitator-type seedling lifter was built at the Piedmont Nursery, Pickens, S. C., by fastening spring steel tines to the rear of a stationary blade. This is not a new idea. Tree Planters' Notes No. 18 describes a tree lifter of this general type which was developed and used at the U. S. Forest Service nursery at Eveleth, Minn. Also the Atlanta office of the US Forest Service made blueprints available for a three-point hitch agitator lifter. However, I believe e type o machine describes below has some features of interest to readers of Tree Planters' Notes.


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Author(s): Ernest W. Cooler

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 48 (1961)