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PRF.PARATION <»F THK LAND FOR SKKD 1")? 



251(1. The Fip. 58 shows n ilrninod soil supplied with mois- 

 ture held by capillarity in the siimller interstices, while the 

 hirj;er channels have been relieved of free water by percolation. 

 Kijj. 51) represents n supersaturated .soil from whifh nir and he»t 

 nro largely excluded. If 

 -••eds remain for a few days 

 in this undrained soil tluy 



fail to germinate, and may „^..,,-vfr^' '' 



rot. Should stagnant water -''•VV: / . 

 remain in the soil for some 

 time after the plants have 

 appeared above gniund. they 

 will turn yellow, and may 

 {lerish (IJM). All this empha- 

 sizes the necessity of prepar- 

 ing a seed-bed adapted to the 

 wants of the plant to be 

 grown, and of maintaining 



such soil conditions ns are ^, ■/ / './ 



best suited to the wants of \v ' 



the plant during its entir*- 

 p«rio«l of growth. 



25.Trt. "Care should br >*^ 

 • xercjscd not to sow very — '" 



imall and slow-germinating ' y^-y "" V * 



seeds, as celerj', carrot, .^ {\ , • 



•>nion, in poorly prepared ^ \ \_ S 



soil or in land which nakes. y\i 83. The r«iult of nhmllow pUntlDC 

 With such soeds it is w«-ll 



to sow seeds of radish or tamip, for these germinate quickly 

 and break the cnist. and also mark the row, so that tillage may 

 be begun before the regular-crop seeds are up." — Bailey, Gar- 

 den- Makinff, p, 37. 



'i^toa. The expense of preparing the land can often be ma- 

 terially diminished if the land is p'.ow.mI nome little time before it 

 IS pi. lilted, in such a wny that the elements can act ufnin thf soil 

 through the process of weathering, la such cawes. the furrow- 



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