144 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Let us, to aid in description, number our flagc", beginning with the 

 first one west of initial, or northeast corner, which we call No. 1. The 

 next one west 1290 feet is No. 2, it being 15 feet east of northwest 

 corner. South of northwest corner 15 feet is No. 3. Next one south 

 is No. 4 and so on around to the one located 15 feet south of initial 

 corner, which is No. 8. We now have the outside lines of the tract, 

 and by standing at the initial corner and sighting south from flag No. 1 

 to flag No. 6 and from flag No. 8 west to flag No. S, we get the north 

 and east outside tree rows. Also, stand at southwest corner and sight 

 from flag No. 5 north to flag No. 2 and from flag 4 east to flag 7, and 

 we get the west and south outside tree rows. All of said rows are 15 

 feet inside of the outside boundries of the block. 



Take the planting wire and iron stakes, two men to stretch it, two 

 boys to stick pins with a sack of pins each. Begin at flag 1 and stretch 

 wire exactly on line to flag 2, inserting one of the iron stakes through 

 iron ring on end of wire and firmly into the ground close to flag K 

 The man at the other end of the wire now straightens it by giving it a 

 few throws and stretching it moderately tight, places his iron stake 

 through the ring and presses it firmly into the ground exactly on the 

 line of flag 2. 



The boys now pass along the wire and stick a pin into the ground 

 close beside the knobs on the wire which are 30 feet apart. When 

 the pins are all in the men move the wire west one length and repeat 

 the operation, and so on until flag 2 is reached. The pins are now 

 in the ground 30 feet apart on the north line. Now move south to the 

 southwest corner, and beginning at flag 5, work east with the wire, 

 sticking pins along south line to flag 6 at southeast corner. These 

 pins on the north and south line are to use in locating flags for sight- 

 ing in opening furrows with lister for tree rows. 



Set a flag midway of the block between flag 1 and flag 6; also one 

 about 50 yards south of flag 6, both of which must be on exact line of 

 said flags. Set a flag close beside the first pin west of flag 1 and one 

 about 50 yards north of same, which must be in exact line with same 

 pin in south line. 



Take the lister with six good horses attached, four abreast and two 

 in the lead, with a boy to ride it and one of the drivers standing on 

 the fonr-horse double-tree. Sink it to the beam, beginning at flag 1, 

 and open furrow for the first tree row, following the line by sighting 

 flags. Be careful to have the flags exactly in line and get the furrow 

 perfectly straight. When the center flag is reached move it to the 

 next row west, and when the south side is reached move the flags there 



