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THE OKANGE; 



tweeu stakes being that determined upon 

 for the distance between rows. These 

 lines, ab, cd, are known as check-rows. 

 Stretch the chain across the ground from 

 ■ ato d and stake the first row. 



FIG. 6 — THE FIRST ROW OF TREES. 



This work of staking is most expedi- 

 tiously done by drawing the chain tense 

 and fastening it to the ground with an 

 iron pin at each end. Then yourself and 

 assistant, each with an armful of stakes, 

 advance from your opposite, stations, plac- 

 ing a stake at each tag until you meet in 

 the middle of the ground. Then retrace 

 your steps, stretch the chain for the next 

 row and repeat the operation. It is best 

 to make the end tag of the chain tally with 

 the pins in one check -row all the way 

 through. For example, if you adopt a b, 

 Fig. 5, as the tally-row, do not be con- 

 cerned if the last tag at the other end of 

 the chain does not always touch the pin 

 in the row c d. Make your orchard 

 straight on one side, and let the other side 

 take care of itself. Should the tag and 

 pin on the off side fail to agree exactly, 

 pull out the pin and make it conform to 

 the tag. 



Reviewing the Work. — After the 

 staking is completed it is a good plan to 

 review the work by sighting along each 

 row, both up and down and across the 

 orchard. Any inaccuracies may thus be 

 detected in time for correction. When it 

 comes to this operation of sighting, you 

 will find it an advantage if the stakes 

 have been set in the ground at a perpen- 

 dicular. Don't question this statement 

 until you cast your eye along a line of 



irregularly leaning stakes and see how 

 confusing it is. 



Number of Trees to the Acre.— To 

 compute the number of trees that can be 

 planted on an acre by the square system: 



KuLE. — 1st, Multiply the distance apart 

 in the row by the distance between rows. 

 This will give the number of square feet 

 occupied by each tree. 



2d, Divide 43,560, the number of square 

 feet in an acre, by the number of square 

 feet occupied by each tree, and the quotient 

 will be the number of trees to the acre. 



Example. — How many trees on an acre 

 if planted 22 by 24 feet apart? 



22 X 24 528. 



43,560 528 = 82.5. Ans., say 82 trees 

 to the acre. 



For convenience of reference the fol- 

 lowing table IS given: 



NUMBER OF TREES TO THE ACRE. 



Distance apart. Number. 



10 X 10 436 



10 X 12 363 



10 X 14 311 



10 X 16 272 



12 X 12 302 



12 X 14 259 



12 X 16 227 



12 X 18 202 



14 X 14 222 



14 X 16 199 



14 X 18 173 



14 X 20 156 



16 X 16 170 



16 X 18 151 



16 X 20 136 



16 X 22 124 



18 X 18 134 



18 X 20 121 



18 X 22 110 



18 X 24 101 



20 X 20 109 



20 X 22 99 



20 X 24 91 



21 X 21 99 



22 X 22 90 



22 X 24 82 



24 X 24 76 



25 X 25 70 



26 X 26 :. 64 



28 X 28 56 



30 X 30 48 



Note.— In these computations the frac- 

 tion is dropped when amounting to one- 

 half or less; when exceeding one-half 

 one is taken. 



