CHAPTER VII 
CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF SHEET 
TENTS 
HERE are many methods used for handling 
sheet tents in orchards. A single pole, such 
as shown in Fig. 24, is very useful. The 
pole is known as a ‘‘lifter,’’ and consists of 
an eighteen-foot yellow pine sapling, thoroughly sea- 
FIG. 23—MANIPULATING SHEET TENTS WITH A SINGLE POLE 
(AFTER WOODWORTH) 
soned, such as is used on ordinary sail-boats. It 
should be about four inches in diameter at the base, 
tapering to about three inches at the top. Such a pole 
is strong, light, and very durable. A piece of 3 x 4 
inch scantling is nailed at the base and braced, as 
shown in the illustration. A small block pulley, 
large enough to carry a five-eighths inch rope, is 
screwed near the top of the lifter. Forty to fifty feet 
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