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Figure 24. — The square method. A. B, C, D. Fence or proi> 

 erty line; E. F, base line: F, G. H, triangle to make square 

 corner; /, J, and K. L, cross lines to be sighted or plowed; 

 M and N, trees outside square, located by sighting one way 

 and measuring the other way. Trees forty feet apart. 



is squared and the outside stakes located as described above. 

 By plowing furrows parallel to the base line, using the stakes 

 at each end as guides, and then crossing the field in the 

 opposite way, the location for each tree wall be marked. With 

 a good plowman, this method is quite accurate. 



NUMBER OF TREES TO 10 ACRES 



S QUAKE 



46 ft. 8 in 200 trees 



60 ft 121 trees 



72 ft ^4 trees 



The hexagonal method has the advantage of giving the 

 trees more equal distribution and permitting more to the 



