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Planting forest- trees in straight lines is objection- 

 able, and it might be inferred from the diagram that 

 an infringement of this rule is made in that respect. 

 This, however, is found in practice not to be the case ; 

 as when a straight-sided fence would lead to this form 

 of planting, the straight line, is broken by advancing 

 the central or any other part beyond the straight line. 

 When the men carried and put in their own plants 

 they planted between 700 and 800 daily ; while, with 

 the aid of a woman or boy, they planted from 1000 

 to 1100 per day and upwards. Besides those putting 

 in the plants, there were others, sometimes two or 

 more of the strongest of the women, employed carry- 

 ing the plants from the plant-bed to the planters in 

 sheets of strong canvas 6 feet square. The carriers, 

 as they were termed, had 2d. per day more wages 

 than those employed planting, in consequence of the 



