v.] PLANTING. 



should lie directly upon the top of the seeds. 

 The earth should not he more than an inch and 

 a half deep upon the seeds; but it should be 

 pressed a little upon the seeds, either with the 

 hoe or with the foot. Two men, one to plant and 

 the other to cover, would, I should think, do 

 three acres a day, in the month of April, and 

 more in the month of May. A man with a 

 hoe, would draw the drills of four acres in a 

 day, in the single row fashion ; so that here is 

 as small an expense as the sowing of any sort 

 of grain, be it what it may ; even if the drills 

 be drawn by hand. If you have two rows, the 

 labour will be pretty nearly double. 



70. In the case of the two rows, the lands 

 must be seven feet v/ide instead of five. The 

 drills, however, must be drawn in the same man- 

 ner; but the guide for the drill-drawer will not 

 be so good. In this case, too, care must be 

 taken, that, in the drawing of one drill, the other, 

 which is already drawn, is not disturbed by the 

 feet of the man or the horse. If drawn by hand, 

 the man who draws ought always to keep on the 

 outside, lest he partly fill up the drill that is al- 

 ready drawn by the trampling of his feet. 



71. Transplanting may, it is very possible, be 

 the way to ensure the largest, and certainly the 

 earliest, crop. I shall transplant an acre next 

 year. I know that the plant will bear trans- 



