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htdbocta: - : .-.-_:::■ sas FumGAnos en California. 



have lampl b k and turpentine, or a soft, flexible paint, with 



taon; The first line marked should be the one running 

 through the : eat ei f the tent . When many tents are to be prepared, 

 the use : a stencil I trge enough to include a •: :zaplete line of figures 

 on one side will facilitate the operation. The numerals should be 

 not less than " i inches long. 



POLES AM) PEEEICK5. 



TV den poles or derricks are used in placing tents over tref - ' 



X absolute statement can be made as to when poles should be 

 employed or when derricks. The practice is to use poles when- 

 ever possible. 

 This has resulted. 

 in general, in the 

 use of poles with 

 tents up to 45 feel 

 in size and of 

 derricks with the 

 lar^;-_ -_:— ^ re- 

 times poles are 

 I with tents of 

 48-foot or 50-foot 

 s, but this is 

 difficult, especially 

 if the trees are tall 

 and narrow rather 

 than low and 

 broad. Preferably 

 the poles should 

 be 6 inches to a 

 foot longer than 

 the height of the 

 trees. The two 

 lengths of poles in most common use are 14 feet and 16 feet. Twenty- 

 : t] lesare si :i ally required. These poles average from 2 inches 



to 2+ inches in diameter, are rounded, and made of straight-grained 

 Oregon pine. The lower end is slightly sharpened to secure a ready 

 hold in the ground. The upper end. to which a rope is attached for 

 :ing the poles, preferably is also bluntly narrowed after one of 

 the methods shown in figure 4. This figure also shows two convenient 

 methods of attaching the rope. The end of a is narrowed about one- 

 half inch on all sides for 3 or 4 inches. This allows it to slip easily 

 through the rings in tents. The rope is tied in a shallow furrow 6 or 

 7 inches distant from the end. In b the end of the pole is merely 

 rounded, while the rope occupies an auger hole through the center 





