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SEEDING AND PLANTING 



rapid in operation than the dibble or trowel. In using the planting 

 hammer the workman faces the planting line or board and with 

 the right hand inserts the hammer. A hole back of the blade is 



formed by a forward move- 

 ment of the handle. The plant 

 is inserted in this opening with 

 the left hand and the hammer 

 withdrawn. A backward 

 movement of the blade closes 

 the opening. 



46. TRENCH OR FURROW 

 TRANSPLANTING. Trans- 

 planting in trenches is usually 

 less expensive and more effec- 

 tive than pit or hole trans- 

 planting when small stock is 

 used. Horse and hand plows, 

 spades, various kinds of trench- 

 ers, and Hacker's transplanting 

 rake and machine are used for 

 making the furrows or trenches 

 which run either crosswise or 

 lengthwise of the bed. The 

 plants are set by hand one at a 

 time or various kinds of plant- 

 ing boards are used in which 

 a number of plants are strung 

 and planted at one time. 



The opening for the insertion 

 of the plants can be satisfac- 

 torily made with the ordinary 

 one-horse plow when the rows 

 are wide spaced and extend 

 lengthwise of the bed. When 

 the rows are spaced at intervals 

 of 15 inches or less the trenches 

 are usually made with the hand plow, the short-handled spade, the 

 hand trencher, the trenching rake, or by special machines. 



47. Trenching with the Spade. A board slightly narrower than 

 the space between the rows is placed on the transplant bed. 



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FIG. 81. Cross sections of planting 



trench. 



a. Correctly made; one side vertical. 

 6. Incorrectly made; side not vertical. 

 c. Incorrectly made; too shallow. 



