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east corner of the land to be set in trees, by driving a stake in 

 the ground at that corner, and then setting two stakes on the 

 line running south. The first stake should be about ten rods 

 distant from the corner, and the second stake about ten rods 

 further south. I have now, counting the corner stake, three 

 stakes in line with my first row of fruit trees, or the east row. 

 I now set one stake ten feet south of the corner stake, in range 

 of the three above named stakes. 



HOW TO SET STAKES. 



Then I set one stake west of the corner stake, and ten 

 feet distant from the corner. Now draw a line from the 

 stake on the east side, ten feet south of the corner, to the cor- 

 ner stake, and wind it once around the corner stake. Fasten 

 it to the stake ten feet from the corner on the north side. 

 Next take a ten-foot pole, measure eight feet on the east line, 

 beginning at the corner, and make a mark on the line. Then 

 measure six feet from the corner, on the line running west, and 

 make another mark on the line. Now it requires two men to 

 handle the ten-foot pole, one at the mark on the line on the 

 east side, and the other at the mark on the line running west 

 from the corner. 



HOW TO TELL IF DONE RIGHT. 



If these marks on the lines are ten feet apart, the work is 

 square. If they are not, then move this stake on the north a 

 little further to the north or south, so as to bring these marks 

 on the lines ten feet apart. Then your ground is squared. 

 Now set two stakes on the north side of the orchard ground, 

 on a line with the corner, and a stake ten feet from the corner. 

 You now have your orchard ground started square, and you 

 can continue these lines to any required distance and it still 

 remains square. With care you can set your trees so that they 

 will form straight rows in all directions. If your orchard plat 

 does not prove square you can not make the trees form straight 

 rows in all directions. 



THE STARTING PLACE. 



With regard to setting out trees on the quincunx form, I 



