CHAPTER VII 



CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF SHEET 

 TENTS 



T~!HERE are many methods used for handling 

 sheet tents in orchards. A single pole, such 

 as shown in Fig. 24, is very useful. The 

 pole is known as a " lifter, ' ' and consists of 

 an eighteen-foot yellow pine sapling, thoroughly sea- 



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FIG. 23 MANIPULATING SHEET TENTS WITH A SINGLE POLE 

 (AFTER WOODWORTH) 



soned, such as is used on ordinary sail-boats. It 

 should be about four inches in diameter at the base, 

 tapering to about three inches at the top. Such a pole 

 is strong, light, and very durable. A piece of 3 x 4 

 inch scantling is nailed at the base and braced, as 

 shown in the illustration. A small block pulley, 

 large enough to carry a five-eighths inch rope, is 

 screwed near the top of the lifter. Forty to fifty feet 

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