. The American fruit culturist. e other. Anew cord will stretch alittle at first, but willsoon cease to do so. Theeasiest way to mark thespaces on the cord is to wrap it around the ends of a boardcut at the right length, so that every third coil shall bea place for a pin. Thus, if the board is five feet long, bymarking every third coil at the end of the board we obtainspaces of thirty feet. The field having been ploughed andfitted for planting, we are now ready for operation. Select astill day, so that the wind will not blow the cord out of place,and then stretch the line along one side of the
. The American fruit culturist. e other. Anew cord will stretch alittle at first, but willsoon cease to do so. Theeasiest way to mark thespaces on the cord is to wrap it around the ends of a boardcut at the right length, so that every third coil shall bea place for a pin. Thus, if the board is five feet long, bymarking every third coil at the end of the board we obtainspaces of thirty feet. The field having been ploughed andfitted for planting, we are now ready for operation. Select astill day, so that the wind will not blow the cord out of place,and then stretch the line along one side of the field, at a suit-able distance from the fence where the first rov; is to it as straight as possible, by drawing on it forcibly; astout cord being better than a weak one on this account. Ifthe land be tolerably level, twenty or thirty rods may bemeasured off at a time. Place flat stones or other heavyweights upon it at intervals, to keep it in position; if there issome wind, care will be necessary in making it perfectly. Pig. 95.—Staking out Orchards. TRANSPLANTING. 63 Straight before thus fixing it. Next, drive in one of the shortpegs or sticks at each point marked by the pin already de-scribed. When this is done, one row will be marked. Thenremove the line, and mark each end of the field at right anglesto this in the same way. Lastly, mark the remaining marking both ends, it is safest to stretch the line orthe fourth side, that all may be accurately spaced. Next, tofill up this hollow square with the proper marks, stretch theline successively between corresponding sticks on the oppo-site sides, and mark as before till the whole is completed. Ifthe work has been carefully done, every stake will be foundto range perfectly. Every cord will stretch more or less, butif stretched so that the ends will come out even each time,which is attended with no difficulty, the rows will be perfect,as shown in Fig. 95. Next take a strip of board, say about eight feet long
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