20 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
as below) should extend above the scantling 
to serve as handles by which the marker 
is kept in place. This machine can be run 
by three men or one horse and two men — 
one man, or the horse, to draw it, one man 
to keep one of the outside markers in the 
line just previously made, and the other 
man to drive and keep the machine running 
parallel to the preceding lines. In starting 
this machine it is best to begin on one side 
of the bed, preferably the straighter, if 
necessary laying out by line or with stakes 
the first row; then, as the outside marker 
always coincides with the previous row, it 
is quite easy to keep each row straight and, 
of course, the required distance apart. 
Some growers prefer chains instead of 
wood or iron bar markers. They are put 
on the scantling in place of the broom handles 
the required distances apart, in order to 
mark the rows as wanted. The chief objec- 
tion to chains is the fact that they sometimes 
do not mark the rows an equal distance apart, 
owing to their being dislodged or thrown 
out of place by obstructions in the soil. 
Sometimes the common garden line is 
used very successfully, especially if the oper- 
