hn-plemcnts for putting up Trellis Wires. 



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In securing the trellis wires I begin b}' boring holes through the end 

 posts. Then, having run one extremity of the wire through the hole 

 designed for it, I drive a pin into the hole, and around the pin I wind 

 the end of the wire ; I next lift up the wire and secure it on the inter- 

 mediate posts by the staples ordinarily used in vineyards. Then, hav- 

 ing put the other end of the wire through the hole in the end post at 

 the opposite side of the vineyard, I place the stretcher against the post, 



draw the wire through by hand, and insert the end in the little hole in 

 the middle of the windlass. A few turns of the windlass will bring 

 the wire to a proper tension, and this being attained, I drive a pin 

 tightly into the hole, and then, removing the stretcher, I wind the end 

 of the wii'e around the pin. 



Two men with the appliances I have described can put up from two 

 to three times as much wire in a day as they can by any of the ordi- 

 nary methods pursued. 



