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first row while the wire is in place. Then move 

 the wire and stakes to the second row and stretch 

 as before, being very careful to have the first mark 

 exactly where the first tree should be. Proceed to 

 dig and plant as before. Move the wire to the third 

 row, and so on throughout. This obviates all 

 necessity for marking off upon the ground, except 

 the distances between the rows and a starting point 

 on each row. Some of the most accurately planted 

 orchards and vineyards I have ever seen were planted 

 by this method at the North Carolina Experiment 

 Station at Southern Pines, and elsewhere in that 

 region, and there I got the idea. It is entirely 

 practical. The wire can be wound on a reel, and 

 thus be easily moved about the farm or stored for 

 further use." 



Staking methods. There are so many methods of 

 staking out an orchard, that it will interest the 

 reader if one of the best of them is described. 

 The Yeomans plan is as follows : * "In connection 

 with the accompanying diagram, is explained an 

 easy, simple and accurate way of marking out the 

 ground and planting the trees without putting any 

 stakes where trees are to be planted or removing 

 any while planting. The stakes not only show 

 where to dig the holes, but when the planting is 

 to be done the same stakes indicate the precise 

 place where the trees are to be placed, always sight 

 ing only by the stakes in setting, without any regard 



*T. O. Yeomans, Walworth, N. Y., Country (ientlemau, Ixi. 288 (Apr. , 1896). 



