英语翻译He talked about how watering trees made for shallow root

英语翻译
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots ,and how trees that were not watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves .Deep roots were very important .
So he never watered his trees.he"d planted an oak and ,intread of watering it every morning ,he"d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper .l asked him why he did that ,and he said it was to get the tree "s attention .