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This tape should be marked off at intervals at which the trees are 

 to be planted. If the trees are to be set 30 feet apart in the rows, 

 the tape should be about 370 feet long, with marks at every 30 feet. 

 This will leave 5 feet at either end for pulling while stretching the 

 tape. 



"A line parallel to the base-line is then established 311.76 feet 

 distance either north or south and marked off at intervals of 30 feet, 

 the same as the base-line. One end of the tape-line is then held in 



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 FIG. 63. The layout of a hexagonal tract. 



peg No. 1 (see Fig. 63), in line AB, and the other end of the tape is 

 held at stake No. 7 in line CD. The tape-line or wire should be pulled 

 taut. Stakes are then placed at every 30 feet along the tape-line. 

 When this is done the tape-line is stretched between peg No. 2 in 

 line AB and peg No. 8 in line CD, and pegs placed at each 30-foot 

 mark. This process is repeated until the length of the field has been 

 gone over, when there will be a triangular space at each end that is 

 not marked off, but which can be easily marked off by sighting the 

 stakes in. Two men and a boy can mark off 10 or more acres a day 

 by this method." 



Hutt describes the following method of planting 

 small-fruits in an orchard: "The bushes were arranged so 



