260°, The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
ground, and where it crosses the first one he sets a 
stake, and moves to the place for the next stake. 
There he makes a mark, and A then goes to stake 
3 of the base line and holds the wire as_ before, 
while B finds the crossing of the marks and _ sets 
another stake; and so on to the end of the row. 
When the second row is complete it is used as a 
base line from which to make a third, ctc., ete. If 
the work is done earefully the stakes will be found 
to be in very straight rows every way. I have 
tried it on some of the roughest hills in northern 
Michigan, where, in newly cleared places the stumps 
were very thick, and planted nice orchards that are 
now over twenty-five years old, that look to-day as 
if the trees might have been set by a compass and 
chain. On level ground, free from obstructions, it 
is fun to lay out an orchard so. 
“Another line method.—Another cheap and handy 
method is, to mark and set by a wire long enough 
to reach entirely across the field. It should be 
stretched tightly between two stout stakes that have 
been firmly driven into the ground, and exactly on 
the line of the first row to be planted. Directly 
over the place for the first tree or vine, wrap a 
small wire two or three times and twist the ends 
tightly, so it cannot slip. Measure along the wire 
to the next place and fasten another wire coil, and 
so on to the end. If these little coils were soldered 
fast they could not move. A little piece of bright 
cloth should be tied over them, that the places may 
be easily seen. Now, dig the holes and plant the 
