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ing-area is assigned 

 to each tree, shows 

 that there is an g 

 absolute loss on the in 

 margin. In other ' 

 words, the whole g 

 space IS not so » 

 equally divided | 

 among the different § 

 trees by the quin- g, 

 cunx system as by S 

 the square system. I" 

 An examination of ^ 

 Fig. 56 shows that ^ 

 the same thing is c 

 true of the hexagonal "| 

 or triangular sys- 3 

 tem." ^ 



Diagrammatic S 

 representations of ? 

 the three leading sys- li- 

 tems are given in .=*■ 

 Fig. 59, redrawn ? 

 from Moore, BuU. ^ 

 201, Wis. Exp. Sta.; | 

 and the alternate 

 plan is also shown. 

 The alternate sys- 

 tem, according to 

 Moore, is designed 

 to correct the diffi- 

 culties arising in the 

 quincunx plan, these 

 difficulties being, 

 "that unless the 

 rows are more than 

 30 feet apart, setting 

 a tree in the center 

 of the rectangle 

 would so reduce the 



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