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20 feet long is placed, hcln^ sunk two feet in the 

 ground, and projecting, therefore, 18 feet above. The 

 poles are thus 42 feet apart each way. All poles are 

 dipped three feet in asphaltuni tar at their planting 

 end before being set. Heavy galvanized Xo. 2 wire is 

 stretched across the tops of the poles iu one direction 

 (east and west), being fastened to the top of each pole 

 with 2j-inch wire staples. Directly over each rozv of 

 hops and resting u]>on this No. 2 wire, a smaller wire 

 of No. 6 size is drawn (north and south) and is fastened 



FIG. 50. PLEASANTON TRELLIS, SIDE AND END VIEWS. 



to the larger wire wherever it crosses the latter. This 

 fastening is done with small pieces of No. 18 wire. All 

 interior posts are upright, while the outside rows of 

 supporting wire poles incline at an angle of 30 degrees 

 from the perpendicular. 



These supporting wires run in one direction only 

 (east and west), and after winding around the head of 

 the outside poles, at which point the wire is spliced, 

 the wires pass at a downward angle of 50 degrees for 

 outward 40 degrees from the perpendicular) to the 



