PLANTING THE VINES. 



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antiy than when left standing upright, to be swayed by 

 the winds. 



The labor of planting vines is generally performed by 

 women ; one, taking a bundle under her arm, drops the 



Fig. 20. PLANTING IN DRILLS. 



vines in the drills, while another follows after her with a 

 hoe. The average price paid the women is 75 cents each 

 per day; the whole cost of making the furrows, dropping 

 and covering the vines, amounts to about '$8 per acre. 

 In striking out cranberry ground with a plow, it is im- 



PROPER POSITION OF VINES. 



portant to have the land sides of the furrow as nearly as 

 possible the same way ; and this may be done by going 

 down one side of the meadow and up the other, or by 



