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set the end posts with a spade, but usually sharpened posts can 

 be driven into holes made with a crow-bar. In driving, the 

 operator stands on a wagon hauled by a horse and uses a ten- or 

 twelve-pound maul. The posts are driven to a depth of eight- 

 een or twenty-four inches for the end posts. However set, 

 the posts must stand firm to hold the load of vines and fruit. 

 The end posts must be braced. As good a brace as any is made 



FIG. 15. A trellis and a common method of bracing end posts. 



from a four-by-four timber, notched to fit the post halfway up 

 from the ground, and extending obliquely to the ground, where 

 it is held by a four-by-four stake. A two-wire trellis and a 

 common method of bracing end posts are shown in Fig. 15. 

 The posts on hillsides must lean slightly up-hill, otherwise 

 they will almost certainly sooner or later tilt down the 

 slope. The posts are usually permitted to stand a little higher 

 at first than necessary so that they may be driven down 

 should occasion call ; driving is usually done in the early 

 spring. 



