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mark every 19 inches, the wheel being about 18 inches in 

 tiiameter. Then run it along straight in lines 4 feet apart 

 and your land is marked for setting each plant just where 

 you want it and so that a wayfaring man etc. cannot go 

 wrong. But you ask how to go straight and it is very easy. 

 Do just as you do to lead a straight life. Have an object 

 ahead, and aim. Have a number of 4 feet sticks and set them 

 in line for your first mark and so you can see from on<^ to 

 another, then keep your eyes on the bottom of the stick and 

 go to it, setting it over for the next line as you pass it. It 

 is very simple and easy after you know how and the same 

 process can be used for other crops. 



Holes for the plants are made with one stroke of a grub 

 hoe. Plants are dug with the same tool or a nmnure fork 

 and should be grown on rather heavy soil so that it will stick 

 to the roots and not leave them bare while handling. They 

 are carried, wheeled or carted in boxes, tubs, baskets, or 

 anything we have handy to the new bed, generally using 

 Florida orange Ijoxes and if carried to any distance using a 

 flour barriel carrier so that two men can handle two or three 

 boxes easily and quickly. T^se great care in separating 

 plants and placing in holes. Do not throw them or drop 

 them tvvo or three feet as that will start the dirt from the 

 roots and lose time in their starting. Pull the dirt round 

 the plants with lumds and push it down hard so that they 

 cannot be ])ulled up easily. 



They should be set neither too deep nor too shallow, but 

 just as they grcAv in the bed. ' Never cover the crowns. 

 Plants set in this way will hardly stop growing and a quick 

 start means a great advantage, especially in a late or dry 

 season. They can be safely handled on a hot dry day and 

 jjeed little or no filling in or replacing later on. It costs 

 more, perhaps, than the shaking out, dibber or spade pro- 

 cess, l)ut the money is w^ell spent, and you are practically 

 sure of a good full bed. If you must buy plants get them 

 near enough, if possible to move them wnth dirt on. They 

 are worth twice as much. Most plant men will gladly sell 



