VINEYARD POSTS 



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eighteen or twenty feet apart, and a vine will then 

 stand four or five feet from each post. If the 



- in the row are eighteen feet apart and the 



- eight feet apart, about three hundred and 

 thirty posts will be required to the acre. Except 

 in very hard and stony lands, the posts are driven 



JiU. A poor way of bracing the post. 



with a heavy maul, although many people prefer 



t the end posts in holes, thinking that they 



endure the strain better. In all loose soils, how- 



Bver, posts can be made as firm by driving as by 



setting with a spade. All posts should be as firm 



as possible, in order to hold up the heavy loads of 



vines and fruit. In setting posts on hillsides, it 



ommon practice to lean them slightly uphill, 



for there is always a tendency for the posts to tilt 



down the slope. For the Kniffin systems, es- 



illy for the strong -growing grapes, the posts 



must stand six or six and one-half feet high wlu-n 



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