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must not be set so deep as to carry too much of the weight of 

 the machine, or it will make it dodge about. With practice, a 

 light mark, or even a deep furrow, can be made absolutely 

 straight, and exactly the same distance apart. The disks being 



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adjustable both up and down, and at any angle, you can make 

 the furrow of any depth you wish. The machine can also be 

 used as a coverer for covering potatoes or similar crops. We 

 are now ready for our wheelbarrowful of plants. Pat the tin 

 tubes in the furrow so as to bring the plaut just as deep as it 

 stood originally. If you are going to set toward an acre or 

 more, the same machine shown here can be arranged so as to 

 throw the dirt up around the tubes very nicely. Now comes 

 the problem of getting the tubes off quickly and without dis- 

 turbing the plant. It cost me more thought than any other 

 part of the invention. We now accomplish it as follows : 



A boy follows with a watering-pot, and fills the unoccupied 

 part of the tube with water, say a teacupful at each plant. 

 After he has watered perhaps two dozen, another boy follows 

 him, and, by taking hold of the tin tube, and shaking it a little, 

 plant, dirt, and all, slip right through. If you wait long 

 enough, the contents become soft, almost like mud. Now draw 

 a little mellow soil over the wet ball of earth, and there will be 

 no baking, even if the sun shines directly on it. Your young 

 plant has also had water eroiigh to keep it moist for several 



