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partially filled with water was set near the cold frame. 

 The plants were set in and when thoroughly soaked 

 were wheeled out and placed along the rows. In 

 planting out, the pot was turned bottom upward onto 

 the left hand and the contents loosened by inserting a 

 small, smooth stick in the hole at the bottom of the pot 

 and pushing against the broken pieces of crocks. 

 When loosened the pot was removed, and with the 

 right hand holding all intact, the plant was set in the 

 hole, which was deep enough to set the roots an inch 

 or two lower than in the pot, enabling it to better with- 

 stand the whipping of the wind. A dipper of water 

 was poured around the roots and the whole filled with 

 loose earth. 



While this seems a laborious and an expensive 

 method, returns more than justified the extra labor and 

 expense. The Jadoo fiber, when properly fined by 

 working through a coarse screen, is an ideal prepara- 

 tion for potting purposes, and produces a wonderful 

 root growth, which is the object sought in the early 

 life of all plants. 



Extra Early Potatoes. — In order to get some early 

 potatoes we sprouted the seed about the middle of 

 April. The potatoes were cut one eye to the piece and 

 placed in a tin pan, where sulphur was sprinkled over 

 them and thoroughly mixed with the seed. A box 

 five inches deep by twenty inches square was filled with 

 sand one and one-half inches deep, in which the pieces 

 were set. Sufficient sand to nearly cover them was 

 sifted in. The contents were sprinkled with tepid 

 water and placed in a nearly darkened room with a 

 temperature of about sixty-five degrees. They were 

 given an occasional sprinkling and left undisturbed for 

 three weeks. At this time the pieces had sprouts vary- 

 ing from just starting to three or four inches long, and 



