DIRECT SOWING : IN STRIPS. 



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the area to be stocked. The method may become necessary 

 in the case of localities which contain rocks, stumps of trees, 

 or which are too wet for full working and sowing. In either 

 case it is desirable that the portions to be sown should be 

 distributed as evenly as possible over the whole area ; they 

 can be arranged in a variety of ways, of which the following 

 may be mentioned : — • 



a. Sowing in strips and furrows. 



h. ,, ,, patches. 



c. ,, ,, holes. 



d. ,, ,, trenches, or pits. 



e. ,, on ridges, or mounds. 



/. Combinations of two or more methods. 



a. Suwhiji in SI rips and Furrows. 



The seed bed generally consists of uninterrupted strips, 

 which alternate with unsown strips or bands (Fig. 36). 

 Where rocks or other obstacles are met with, the strips will 



a, a. Sowu strip: 



be interrupted ; the same may occur on sloping or uneven 

 ground. The strips should, as far as practicable, run parallel 

 to each other. On sloping ground they should run in a 



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