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 IV. 



TEANSPLANTING. 



Figure 5 shows the plan of placing and setting the plants. 



FiGUKE 5. 



Transplanting should be done in the evening or on a 

 cloudy day. Before transplanting, the seed-bed should re- 

 ceive a good watering so that the plants can be drawn with- 

 out injury to the roots. 



The planting is similar to the planting of cabbage and is 

 no more difficult. A good plan is, for a boy to walk between 

 the ridges, placing the plants alternately to right and left, 

 being followed by the planters, who place the plants in the 

 hills or ridges, taking the precaution to leave the bud well 

 above the surface. 



In a few days any missing hills which occur should be 

 replanted, and during the early growth a close watch must 

 be kept for the cut worm, bore worm, and other injurious 

 insects. When the plants have taken root they grow very 

 quickly and subsequent cultivation is simple, though re- 

 quiring care. 



"When the plants are from six to nine inches high they 



