PREPARATIONS FOR PLANTING. 245 



Furrows should be run both lengthwise and crosswise 

 of the field, their intersections marking the place where 

 the trees are to stand. A stake should be set for each 

 tree, ordinary building laths answering very well for this 

 purpose. 



It is essential that a true, square corner should be 

 secured. This may be done by sighting with an ordinary 

 carpenter's square set upon three posts. 



Laying Out in Rectangles with a Wire. A wire long 

 enough to reach down one side of the field should be pro- 

 vided. Stretch this straight out between two posts and 

 mark off the distance which the trees are to stand apart, 

 upon it. At each point marked firmly twist a piece of 

 small wire about the larger one. These should then be 

 soldered in place. It will not do to have them shift. This 

 wire may be rolled upon a roller when not in use. 



Measure off along both ends of the field and set small 

 pickets on the tree rows. Tightly stretch the wire down 

 the first tree row, attaching it firmly at the ground level 

 to a pair of good, stout posts. Then plant a lath stake 

 at each mark on the wire. Set all of them on the outside 

 of the wire, so as not to interfere with moving it. When 

 this row is completed, lift the end stakes with the wire at- 

 tached, stretch on the second row, set the stakes as be- 

 fore and repeat the operations until the work is com- 

 pleted. 



Laying Out in Triangles. This system can be most 

 easily marked out by using the wire already described. 

 On every other row stretch the wire, so that exactly one- 

 half of a tree space will lie outside the end tree row, then 

 proceed to set the stakes on the marks on the wire as be- 

 fore. 



