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one-half- of the twisted piece around the other. This 

 will give it greater strength and render it more capable 

 of withstanding the tension. With a wire stretcher 

 draw the wire taut, double and fasten around the 

 frame at the other end of the bench in the same way 

 as the first. Continue in this manner until all your 

 upper wires are in position, being careful to draw all 

 of them equally taut. 



The number required will depend vipon the number 

 of plants. If there are seven across the bench, it will 

 require sixteen stakes, or two to a plant, and the same 

 number of small wires for their support. 



Before stretching the first wire, mark each end of the 

 frame so that the spaces between the wires will be 

 equal, and after they are all in position they can be 

 staid in the following manner: Arrange the supports 

 to both the ridge and purlin so that at every twenty 

 or twenty-five feet they shall be opposite each other, 

 and at right angles to the bench. To these fasten at 

 each end a strip two inches by half an inch, into one 

 edge of which a saw calf has been made a quarter of 

 an inch deep, and of a size and corresponding distance 

 that will just receive the wires, and you will have a 

 firm wire frame to work to. This should all be in 

 place before the bed is planted. 



If it is your custom to bring in and carry out the 

 soil in hand flats, the wire frame over the middle bench 

 can be made permanent, but if wheelbarrows or hand 



