384 FARMER'S ASSISTANT. 



when they are a little danp, strip them off. pack them in 

 casks, well pressed down, and keep them in a dry place. 

 They will be better for use alter 'he first yrar. 



Mr Peters says, lhat gypsum is an excelent manure for 



this 



TRANSPLANTING. In performing this operation, on 

 all plants of wood texture, the essential point is to set the 

 roots in the ground in a situation similar to that in which 

 they were pl.tced, before they were taken out; nor only the 

 same dep>h, but, as Mr. Forsyth says, with the same side to 

 the south which was the south side before: But as they 

 cannot be got out of the ground, nor set again into it, with 

 their full length of roots, these must be cut off to a length 

 proportionate to their sizt\ Where they are very small, let 

 them be cut at the length of six or eight inches, and where 

 they are pretty large, double that length, or more : Let 

 them be carefully taken up, without breaking the roots, 

 cu'ing off those that get broken, and cuting them ull off at 

 their proper length 3 and let the hole, into which they are 

 to be set,, be sufficiently Lirge to receive the roots without 

 cramping them: Then shake in the earth gently about 

 them, so as that each one shall retain its proper position. As 

 it is diffi :uh to give the fibrous roots their proper place, it 

 is generally best to cut most of these off In fruit-trees, all 

 the downright roots should also be cut off 



It the roots have been some time out of ground, it is 

 advisable to soak them in water for eight or ten hours be- 

 fore they are sert in. In a cold or stiff soil, they should be 

 set shallower than in a warm mellow one. After they are 

 properly beded in the ground, a stake should be drove in 

 near to each one, leaning towards them, and to these they 

 should each be tied, to keep them steady; and some mulch 

 should be laid round the roots of each. 



In transplanting the smaller kinds of plants, a wet time is 

 to be chosen, and the evening is better than any other time. 

 As much of the earth should be left round the roots, as 

 possible, in taking them out of the ground; and if they are 

 raised with a little instrument called a G -.rdener's trowel, 

 by which a bunch of earth can be raised with them, they 

 will be the better for it. The holes where they are set 

 should be well watered, and the wa*er should previously be 

 we! I warmed by the sun. 



For the times of transplanting different pl;mts, and the 

 distances they are to be set apart, see the different articles 

 which are the subjects of this operation. 



TRENCH-PLOUGHING. Mr. Peters, of Pennsylvania, 

 has trench-ploughed as much as fifty acres of his lands, which 



