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ing-area is assigned 

 to each tree, shows 

 that there is an 

 absolute loss on the 

 margin. In other 

 words, the whole 

 space is not so 

 equally divided 

 among the different 

 trees by the quin- 

 cunx system as by 

 the square system. 

 An examination of 

 Fig. 56 shows that 

 the same thing is 

 true of the hexagonal 

 or triangular sys- 

 tem." 



Diagrammatic 

 representations of 

 the three leading sys- 

 tems are given in 

 Fig. 59, redrawn 

 from Moore, Bull. 

 201, Wis. Exp. Sta.'; 

 and the alternate 

 plan is also shown. 

 The alternate sys- 

 tem, according to 

 Moore, is designed 

 to correct the diffi- 

 culties arising in the 

 quincunx plan, these 

 difficulties being, 

 "that unless the 

 rows are more than 

 30 feet apart, setting 

 a tree in the center 

 of the rectangle 

 would so reduce the 



