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Vineyard Culture. 



[The Yankee is again ahead in his calculations. This is 

 the more readily accomplished in the wider planting he has 

 adopted. With good sight-stakes, and a. steady plow- team, he 

 lays off the rows and digs the holes simultaneously, by plow- 

 ing a deep furrow from end to end of the piece to be planted. 

 Then, with a garden-line stretched across these furrows, and 

 a measuring-rod of the proper length, he proceeds to set his 

 pegs in the furrows, at the points where the line crosses them. 

 Some will even do this by the measuring-rod and the eye 

 alone, without the line, and make the stakes range both ways, 

 with sufficient accuracy for all practical purposes.] 



Planting. ~- The mode of planting depends upon 

 whether cuttings or roots are to be planted. 



Cuttings are most generally planted by means of the 

 dibble, as follows : A man is provided with a dibble, 

 having a cross-piece, or stirrup, on which the foot is 



[Fie. 19.] Dibble, for 

 Planting Vines. 



[Fie. 20.] Rammer, to ram 

 down the earth and manure 

 around the Cuttings. 



