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and run through a cutting box, the aim being not to 

 make the lengths shorthand these are scattered over well 

 prepared land and covered with the harrow, followed or 

 preceded by the roller as may be advisable under the cir- 

 cumstances. It has been recommended to sow it thus 

 with oats, but there is the objection that the shade from 

 the oats will hinder growth. If the oats are cut for 

 hay, however, the injury thus resulting may not be any 

 more than from weeds growing amid the plants. 



5. In unprepared land on which broom sage and sas- 

 safras may be growing, pieces of sod drawn in a wagon 

 may be planted in openings in the ground made with a 

 hoe, the earth being adjusted with the foot. These 

 openings may run from 3 to 6 feet apart each way. The 

 closer they are the more quickly will the grass possess 

 the land. Attention must be given at the same time to 

 removing the shade of broom sage or sassafras if growing 

 there, by grazing or cutting down according to the 

 season of the year. This method is adapted to the 

 planting of large areas of run down land when it is de- 

 sired to change them into Bermuda pastures at a mini- 

 mum expenditure of labor. 



6. Small areas are sometimes planted by barefoot 

 boys who drop the pieces of sod into the soil when soft 

 and push them down into the same with the foot. 



Spring planting should begin as soon as the danger 

 from frost is over and may continue on into the sum- 

 mer, but early planting is much to be preferred. When 

 planting in the autumn it is necessary to cover more 

 deeply than when planting in the spring. Planting 

 when moisture is absent should be avoided, and fresh 

 plants or cuttings only should be used In some in- 



