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FIG. 53. Hexagonal or triangular system. One acre of land with the 

 trees 25 feet apart. 



of two stakes in two directions at right angles, precisely where a tree 

 is to be planted. Thus, a person standing at either X is at a point 

 where a tree must stand, and at either of those points will see two 

 stakes in a line with him in two directions at right angles; and so of 

 every point where a tree is to be planted. If men are to be employed 

 to dig the holes, who are not capable of setting a stake in line with 

 two other stakes already standing (there are such men), let some 

 one who can do so go through the field, and with point of stake or 

 other thing, mark where the holes are to be dug. 



"With this arrangement no stakes are placed where the trees are 

 to be planted. Any number of men can go on with the work of dig- 



