SPECIAL SAMPLE-PLOT GUIDE TAPES 353 



extension greatly facilitates the accurate placing of the corner 

 stakes, marking the location and exact position of the plot, as 

 the intersection and extension of the tapes indicate precisely 

 where the boundary stakes should be located. The exact lo- 



Wooden Stake 

 5cm/ Iron Peg .Scm 



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Fig. 129. — a satisfactory AND INEXPENSIVE PLAN OF STAKING PERMANENT 



SAMPLE PLOTS. 



Iron pegs and wooden stakes are used. 



cation of the boundary stakes is most important in placing 

 the guide tapes for accurate future mapping. 



Nothing should be left undone with respect to the accurate lo- 

 cation of permanent sample plots. Obviously wooden stakes are 

 not permanent. Frequently investigators fail to locate small 

 plots, because the wooden boundary stakes have been destroyed 



