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CHAPTER VII. 



Laying Out Plantation 



Roads. The plan to be adopted in laying out 

 the plantation must depend upon the nature of the 

 land to be dealt with. Given land fairly level, or 

 sloping gently, the easiest plan is to cut it up into 

 square blocks by main and secondary roads, 

 leaving each block of a given acreage. 



If this is to be the plan, a main road should first 

 be made from the site of permanent water where 

 a factory can be erected right up to the farthest 

 portion of the estate, so as to cut the whole field 

 into halves. This main road should be at least 30 

 feet in width. If the area to be planted is very 

 large, or of such a shape that one main road will 

 not sufficiently open it up, two or more such roads 

 may be made. It is advisable to consider well 

 beforehand the plan to be adopted, as once the 

 roads are made and the planting done, no altera- 



