Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . ff. Fig. 17.—A load of nursery trees ready for the setting gang. The barrels are half fullof waier, which inouierf the trees arriving at tne hole in good condition. Fig. 18.—Gang of men setting trees. The men work in pairs and the foreman distributes the trees. holes and setting of the trees is begun. A method which thewriter has used on a fairly large orchard with entire satisfactionis the following: The setting gang consists of from six to ten WHEN TO PLANT 53 men and a foreman. After the first two lines of stakes havebee
Productive orcharding, modern methods of growing and marketing fruit . ff. Fig. 17.—A load of nursery trees ready for the setting gang. The barrels are half fullof waier, which inouierf the trees arriving at tne hole in good condition. Fig. 18.—Gang of men setting trees. The men work in pairs and the foreman distributes the trees. holes and setting of the trees is begun. A method which thewriter has used on a fairly large orchard with entire satisfactionis the following: The setting gang consists of from six to ten WHEN TO PLANT 53 men and a foreman. After the first two lines of stakes havebeen set (the base line and the one at riglit angles to it), andafter some start has been made in locating the stakes with themeasuring boards, which preliminary work can be done mosteconomically by about three men, this gang goes into the fieldand is divided as follows: Two men continue setting stakes, theforeman and one man go after trees, and the balance of the gangbegin digging holes. The foreman and his assistant go to the spot where the treesare heeled in. They h
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