DIRECT SOWING. 



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si/c, but are mostly from 1 to 3 feet square, or they 

 assume the shape of interrupted strips, which are from 

 1 to 2 feet broad and perhaps from 3 to 10 feet long. 

 The distance between the patches depends on the same 

 considerations as in the case of strip-sowing. 



The method is 



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cheaper than the 

 regular strip-sow- 

 ing; it enables the 

 forester, on uneven 

 or rocky soil, to 

 select the most suit- 

 able spots for the 

 seed-beds, a matter 

 of greater moment 

 than a mathemati- 

 cally even distribu- 

 tion of the patches. 



The working of 

 the soil is best 

 done with the hoe ; 

 on stony soil hoes 

 with narrow and 

 very strong blades 

 are used, or even 

 the pick may be 

 required. The seed 

 is covered with the 

 rake or by hand, or by scattering earth over it. 



The method is well adapted for rocky soils, and 

 localities which still contain the stumps and roots of a 

 former crop of trees. It is less to be recommended for 



Fig. 33. 

 a, a. Sown patches. 



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