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plant in each hole. Another workman lifts the plant, 

 spreads over the entire bottom of the trench one-half 

 of the compost, lays down the plant, taking care to 

 spread the roots well ; covers it with the balance of the 

 compost, fills up the hole wifh the earth laid near it, 

 and finishes by ramming the earth well, especially on the 

 two sides of the trench. It is important, in this op- 

 eration, that the greatest portion of the young shoot 

 from the plant should be buried. It is on this young 

 wood that the new roots are formed which are to hasten 

 the development of the vines. This work ended, each 

 trench will appear as in Figure 21. 



[Fie. 21.] Planting the Vine. 



In some localities the planting is done with the plow. 

 The rows having been staked out, as above described, 

 a furrow, sixteen inches wide, and of the required 

 depth, is opened by two cuts of the plow. It is in 

 these furrows that the cuttings are placed at the proper 



