DIRECT SOWING. 



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c. Sowing in holes. 



d. ,, ,, trenches, or pits. 



e. ,, on ridges, or mounds. 



/. Combinations of two or more methods. 



a. Soiling in Strips and Furroivs. 



The seed bed generally consists of uninterrupted strips, 

 which alternate with unsown strips or bands (Fig. 32). 

 Where rocks or other obstacles are met with, the strips 



Ci, 



Fig. 32. 

 a, a. Sown strips. b, b. Unsown areas. 



will be interrupted ; the same may occur on sloping or 

 uneven ground. The strips should, as far as practicable, 

 run parallel to each other. On sloping ground they 

 should run in a horizontal direction, and be level, or 

 nearly so, to prevent denudation. On very stee$ slopes 

 the seed-beds should form terraces. 



The width of the sown strips depends principally on 

 the degree to which the unsown strips are likely to bo 

 overrun by weeds, brambles, etc., and on the rate of 

 height-growth of the species during early youth ; the 



