Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-20

IN one euSe equl-ulstanb iIOiu oaCh
end, and another near each end in
the same edge; place this board so
that the peg already set shall come
in the center notch; then place a
peg in each end notch and pull up
the center peg. 1t is for this work
that the extra peg was dropped in
LAYING off the ground. Having set
the second pegs the work of dig
cling holes begins. In sandy,
loamy soil, this is rapid work, as
good man can dig from 300to 400 per
day. A large hole is not necessary
"a round hole, eighteen inches in
diameter and eighteen inches deep,
being plenty large for ordinary
four or tive-year-old trees, sacked,
The trees, when once in the feld,
should be planted and irrigated as
soon as possible. II hands are
plenty, one or two men with team
can distribute the trees while two
more plant them. In digging the
holes the dirt should be pnt in &
compact pile on the side of the hoe
towards the prevailing winds. III
putting the trees in the holes, pre-.
paratory to planting, lean them
against the side of the hole next to
the pile af dirt. Two men can set
trees to advantage; one with the
board used in setting the pegs, the
other to shovel in the dirt. The
board being placed in position so
that the pegs come in the end
notches, the tree is placed in the
center notch, and must occupy tie
exact position of the original peg
stuck while laying off the grounds,
If the end pegs have not been
moved. The tree should be planted
trifle deeper than when it stood In
nursery, and should be leaned
little towards the prevailing winds.
This is the reason for putting the
dirt, in digging the holes, on the
same side of the hole, and towards
the wind; as it is more easy to lean
the tree uniformly, always being on
the same side of the tree. AS soon
as possible after planting the trees,
run furrow along each side OF
each row, throwing the dirt from
the tree. With q hoe or shovel re-
move the dirt, if necessary, from
around each tree little, so as to
allow the water to stand close to
and around the tree. Run a good
head of water down each row, and
when the stream is nearly through
on the row, let one hand turn the
water gradually to the next row,
while another hand thro VS. dam
across the burrows below each tree,
commencing at the lower end of
the row. This will thoroughly ir-
rigate the tree, and settle the dirt
around the sacking to the roots.
AS soon as the ground has suffici-
emily dried, one "bout" with Gull
tivator will place the young orch
ard In first-class condition.
QUINCUNX.
If it is desirable to lay off the
orchard in quincunX style, with
trees "a feet apart, the plat of ground
$50 feet square will work to much
better advantage than by the
square system. First stake off the
two lines on opposite sides of the
tract, putting the first peg II feet
from the corner, then 20 feet
inches between the remaining pegs
on each side of the tract. In pre-
pairing the wire for laying off the
orchard, arrange the q tages as be-
fore, but instead of putting one
extra tag at each end IS feet from
last tree tag, put two tags at each
end, one II feet from the tree tag,
and the other "a feet. In pegging
the first row stretch the
wire so that the first tree
tag at one end shall come
within II feet of the line, and at
the other end "a feet from the line.
In pegging the second row stretch
the wire so that the end which had
a space Of II feet before shall now
have a space of "a feet. Alternate
each row in this way throughout
the plat, and when the work is
complete, the orchard will be laid
out on
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