Costs and Use of Machines in Tennessee
Since 1947., the Roane-Anderson Company, as agent for the Atomic Energy Commission, has planted 6,305,000 tree seedlings in the Oak Ridge area-. These trees have been planted on approximately 6,550 acres, using a 6' x 6' spacing except for certain areas which were inter planted Three Lowther tree planters were purchased in the winter of 1947-48 and have been in use when and where feasible in planting operations. These machines have been used to plant almost one-half of the seedlings planted. During the '48 season, some.65% of the trees planted were machine planted. About 504 of the trees planted in '49 were machine planted. Only 28% were planted by machine in 1950 and 204 were planted by machine in 1951. The last two years. we planted only 1,000,000 and 1,250,000 respectively. During the '48 and '49 seasons, 2,000,000 trees Were, planted each year. Common labor was utilized for hand punting during weather not suitable for machine planting.
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Author(s): Paul B. Davis
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 6 (1951)
