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GENERAL ADVICE 



of hand -roller is then useful. Very efficient 

 iron rollers are in the market, but a good one 



can be made from a hard 

 chestnut or oak log, as 

 shown in Fig. 32. It 

 should be remembered 

 that when the surface is 

 hard and compact, water 

 escapes from it rapidly. 



and plants may suffer for moisture upon arrival 

 of warm weather. The roller is useful in two 

 wa y S to compact the under -surface, in which 



35. Marking-stick. 



Tool for spacing out 

 plants. 



37. Barrow rigged with 

 a marker. 



case the surface should be again loosened as 

 soon as the rolling is done ; and to firm the 

 earth about seeds (page 10) or the roots of 

 newly -set plants. 



