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antiv than when left standing upright, to be swayed by 

 the winds. 



The labor of planting vines is generally performed bv 

 women ; cue, taking a bundle under her arm, drops the 



Ti'j:. 20.— planting in drills. 



vines in the drills, while another follows after her with a 

 hoe. The average price paid the women is 75 cents each 

 per day ; the whole cost of making the furrows, droppinix 

 and covering the vines, amounts to about 88 per acre. 

 In striking out cranberiy ground with a plow, it is im- 



Fiof. "21. — PROPER POSITION OF VINES. 



portant to have the land shies of the furrow as nearlv as 

 possible the same way ; and this may be done bv o;oino- 

 down one side of the meadow and up the other, or by 



