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just about right. There will be no undue crowding. Drop 

 25 to 30 seeds to the inch of row (making allowances for 

 losses or failure of germination), cover, and firm well. In 

 the right kind of soil and the proper temperature, such 

 seeding will give plants enough to come up to our standard. 



Fig 



One-Man Hod. 



When bottom heat fails, as it occasionally does in so-called 

 hot-beds, a large portion of the seed is liable to lie dormant 

 in the ground for a long while, perhaps until the time that 



Fig. 12. 



Box FOR Carrying Soil by Two Persons. 



the plants should be set. To provide against such acci- 

 dent, I always sow seed in manure-heated beds much more 

 thickly than required under favorable conditions, using 

 one and a half to two ounces per ordinary three by six 



