DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The planting board is used to insure planting the trees in 

 exactly the place where the stakes stood when laying out the 

 orchard. The notch should be cut half across the board and in 

 line with the end holes and exactly half way between them. 

 After staking out the field place the planting board against the 

 stakes as shown in the upper cut and drive two stakes of the 

 same color through the end holes. The board and center stake 

 may now be removed and the hole dug or dynamited. After 

 the hole is ready to receive the tree, slip the planting board back 

 in place and by holding the tree in the center notch where the 

 original stake first stood you will get the tree located exactly 

 right. Instead of having holes in the ends of the board and 

 cutting all marking stakes to a small diameter it is often more 

 convenient to cut a notch in each end of the board and drive the 

 marking stakes in the notches but in that case be sure that the 

 notches come exactly in the center of the board and not nearer 

 to one edge than the other. 



