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be furrowed at a distance of 1 yard between each two 

 furrows. This operation should be simultaneous with 

 the planting, and should be done, if possible, after 3 

 o'clock in the afternoon, and on cloudy days, so as to 



FIG. 6. 



prevent the recently set plants from being scorched by 

 the sun. The furrows should run more or less from 

 north to south, as, by making them in this direction, the 

 plants are less injured by the sun, or the strong winds 

 which generally blow about the planting season. Im- 

 mediately, and behind the man who is furrowing, another 

 should follow, placing the plants at every ^ foot all 

 along the furrow, and behind them another should at 

 once set the plants, the first walking in the distance, or 

 bank, and the other in the furrow. The one should open 

 the land with his right hand, behind which, with his 

 left, the other will place the plant, being careful neither 

 to double the stalk nor the roots, and, letting the ground 

 fall directly on the roots, should press it lightly on them 

 with his hand. The plants should be buried half-way 

 up the stalk, or, if the plant is small, it should be covered 

 to where the leaves spread. Care should be taken that 

 the plants have no dry mould sticking to their roots, and 

 that no ground from the furrow falls in the centre or 



