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rampant. As far as possible the plants should be thinned 

 to one per hole. With many crops, and on bad soil, it is 

 usually safer to leave two plants. Crops should be thinned 

 as soon as possible, but not before they are independent of 



FIG. 8. UNFASSED COTTON SKKDLINOS. 



(The bunches of seetUinns <ir< .xvr//. iiiiH.^tiin-l/i on tin rhilit hand 

 xlopc of the cPHtral furroir juxt niton- tin- crnxlfil /lortion). 



their seedling leaves or cotyledons. The thinning should 

 take place after fassing and just before watering, so that 

 the irrigation water may repack the plant roots which have 

 been disturbed. To provide green food for stock for a 

 longish period, maize is usually very gradually thinned. 



