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worked at Mackay in the preparation of the ground for sweet 

 potatoes. The Corean spade is of wood, has an iron shoe or tip, 

 and a handle 8 to 10 feet long, to the butt of which are fastened 

 two straw ropes. The captain, as he may be called, manipulates 

 the handle, while each half of the crew gives its attention to a 

 rope, then 'with a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull alto- 



g fo 7 ' . an amazm ^y sma11 quantity of dirt is thrown a distance 

 ot 4 teet or so. After the beds have been made high enough to 

 prevent the possibility of water getting to the roots of the plants, 

 they are dug out to the depth of about 6 inches and carefully edged 



teaf soil the dUg "° Ut iS filled with the artifi * ial 



f,"^ t S i Pr( l pa ?S ed fl ? m Beed - Four-year-old plants will 

 seeT U crJi J ' ?\ th * S6 f d ° f ° ld P lants i8 Preferred. When the 



shat.n fn ^ * 1S . plaC6d in g^-cloth bags and violently 



shaken m runnm g water to remoye * J 



7n cVcovfrin/^ 6 ' !f then 8cattered 0n a 8unk bed <> f 8a » d a » d 



dav unti \^ g I 8an i 1S l pread ° ver the 8eed aQd ™tered every 

 fhe y bed icZ^J°^l eld the young «eeds from early frosts, 

 at nfcht On lit *£\ Ia h S f een ' aud a 8traw tha «* is Put on 

 and hose ^itvu July the 8eeds are du g U P ™ d sorted, 

 wUh sand?n J ^f\ ha ™ c T menced t0 germinate are packed 

 The seed be f wL and V^" 1 iu a shad y P^ce for the winter. 

 N.N £ ! * E r6 Carefully measured, and must face exactly 



are sown and frnm ♦£„ * ; S_ 0r 63 rows of germinated seed 



As t^\7l^ 0l lt^Zr\ VlikntH reqUire ^santcare. 

 twenty-four hours an rl ZI ' ^ e l are stored twice every 

 beds i's rolled L up tf^ of f £ e fed. erected over the 

 season of the summer S n1«H,a^ ° f t , he da y- When the ™iny 



Bpread over theThTd 8 Z^etlT^ **?K C ° Vering ° f thatch i8 

 rush blinds. Rain and ! r wl f b J? and front are enclosed by 

 Extreme warmth and «£ UBt not ,* e allowed to fal * on the beds 

 of the plant. Tt is not nnttl T A*™ Un8uited to the nature 

 grower is able to rest eaaH v n . * .? ovembe r has passed that the 

 ually on the alert wa^nL 7 ' Up to . that da y ^ has to be contin- 

 ue pulls down SSgFaS ^T^ inSeCtS and ™ eds - Then ' 

 of soil on the beds, he leaves the TS PUt a la y er of 7 or 8 inches 



" Ou 21st March of he f "" ^ ° f " 



*?1:~_ *•. Plants^o1h7se ng J"L he J? epa ™ * ew bed8 



»/ ??'* P lacin g ten or twelve rows 



of 8 bushels of mulch to 9 bull ? k . The8e new beds consi8t 

 roots now are worth stealing »«!? i dl8inte grated granite. The 

 uight and day. Btealmg and *oe garden has to be watched 



^moyed^rtMa toil*?;^ 6 , 218 * M arch, the plants are 



fr iT! 8 each ' This s^ntenl J f v° ntain8 onl y e ^t rows of 



hould the roots not thdvethev d t0 *" * he Anal planting, but, 



a f soon as possible. Here s honH K° Ved to y et an ^her location 



The reasons for not 





