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or a man and a boy, are required for the operation, one 

 making the holes and the other inserting the plants. 



c. Notching. 



This method differs from planting with a peg in the 

 shape of the planting hole, which is that of a notch. 

 The tools ordinarily used are the planting hatchet (Fig. 

 62), the notching spade (Fig. 63), and the ordinary 

 spade. The hatchet is inserted into the ground with 



Fig. 62. 



Fig. 63. 



Fig. 64. 



one hand and pulled out again, thus producing a notch, 

 in which the plant is inserted ; the notch is closed by 

 knocking the adjoining earth into it with the thick end 

 of the hatchet ; finally the soil is pressed down with the 

 feet. 



The notching spade is wedge-shaped, and after inser- 

 tion into the ground an enlarged notch (Fig. 64) may be 



