MAKING THE ROWS STRAIGHT 



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staked out.* There are various devices for locat- 

 ing the place of the stake after the stake has been 

 removed and the hole dug. One of the simplest 

 and best is shown in Fig. 62. It is a simple nar- 

 row and thin board with a notch in the center and 



64. Setting trees to a line. 



a peg in either end, one of the pegs being sta- 

 tionary. The implement is so placed that the 

 notch meets the stake; then one end of it is 

 thrown out of the way until the hole is dug. 

 When the implement is brought again to its origi- 

 nal position, the notch marks the place of the 



*Very full directions for laying out orchards are given in " Principles 

 of Fruit-Growing. " 



