INTRODUCTION 



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Fig. 5 - Co-ordinate paper will 

 be found helpful in transfer- 

 ing measurements to paper 



Often the use of co-ordinate paper which 

 can be secured at any artists' supply store, 

 will facilitate getting the measurements 

 properly transferred to paper, as the paper 

 is divided into squares which can be taken 

 as equal to a square foot upon the prop- 

 erty. Thus objects can be located by 

 measuring this distance at right angles 

 from some known places, such as the side 

 of the property or sides of the house, and 

 be transferred to the map directly by 

 counting in each direction the unit num- 

 ber of squares as shown in the accom- 

 panying sketch. (Fig. 5). 



The paced and measured survey 

 should then be transferred to another 

 sheet of paper at some definite scale. 10 feet to the inch is a convenient 

 scale for small places, while 20 feet to the inch will be found more 

 suitable for larger places. If it is more convenient to use a common 

 ruler instead of an engineers' scale, the map can be as accurately made 

 at a scale of 8 or 16 feet to the inch. This drawing to the proper scale 

 should be made upon card- 

 board or some other dura- 

 ble paper, which can be 

 worked over without be- 

 coming damaged. (Fig. 6). 

 Often the planting plans 

 and design can be drawn 

 upon the same sheet. 



The scale drawing 

 should be secured by thumb 

 tacks to a drafting board 

 or otherwise conveniently 

 arranged, so that studies 

 may be easily made by 

 placing tracing paper over 

 it, through which the lines 

 of the map show. By us- 

 ing tracing paper to work 

 over the survey any num- 

 ber of schemes can be 

 drawn up and studied with" 

 out soiling the original 

 drawing. The illustrations 



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Fig. 6 An accurately drawn survey 



