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that is, placed in a shallow trench and well covered 

 with dry soil. A covering of straw or leaves in addi- 

 tion will do no harm if the mice do not make it a 

 harbor. 



DISTANCE APART. The distance apart at which 

 vines should be planted will, of course, depend not 

 only upon the variety, but upon the object for which 

 they are set out. In Europe they are placed at all 

 distances from 30 inches to 30 feet. In the Ohio 

 vineyards, where they are usually fastened to stakes, 

 the plants are placed about four or five feet apart ; but 

 in the northern States, where vines are trained upon 

 trellises, we should prefer to set them out in rows 6 

 feet apart, and the vines standing 7 or 8 feet apart in 

 the rows. This distance enables us to keep the vines 

 close enough and short enough for all practical pur- 

 poses, while it does not require more time to cover 

 the trellis than is absolutely necessary to bring the 

 vine into proper order for bearing. The rows are 

 also sufficiently far apart to allow of horse labor 

 being used a considerable saving being thus 

 effected. 



The number of vines required to plant an acre will 

 be seen from the following table, which has often 

 been published, but which it may be well to insert 

 here. 



