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be desired. It marks five rows at a time. If the follow- 

 ing plan is carried out in the use of this marker, the rows 

 will be perfectly straight. 



If the rows are to be I foot apart, ad- 

 just the teeth to this distance, and 

 stretch a line along one side of the plat 

 to be planted. If the land slopes, the 

 rows should always run with the hill 

 and marking should begin at the upper 

 side of the plat. Take the marker, and 

 with a side tooth barely touching the 

 tightly stretched line, walk backward 

 marking five rows. Have a 9-foot pole 

 at each end of the line. Measure off 

 9 feet from the first stakes, stretch the 

 line and mark five more rows with the 



Repeat 

 OF DIBBERS these operations until the entire plat 



is marked. 



The homemade device shown in Figure 32 may be sub- 

 stituted, but it is a great advantage to have an adjustable 

 marker with a scale graduated in inches and half inches. 



FERENT FORMS outs i^ e tooth touching the line. 



FIG. 34. DIFFERENT FORMS OF TROWELS 



Roller rope markers are sometimes employed by gar- 

 deners, and there are various forms of field markers. In 

 rough, hilly or stony ground nothing is superior to a 



