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tingsT riovr made and hovr bnn'llciif Name plnnta thnt Kro 

 prop .pntftl by luuans of softwood cuttings and hardwood cutlin^M. 

 WLut id a "siugle eyo" cuttitig, and buw plant) df 



Wliiit do you understand by tlie term giaftingf ("ion f 

 Stoi'kf Wh.it is lucunt by the woul " bud " as U!<«"d by graftorn or 

 bu«l>l«*r8T Wliy do the oii'n and stork uniteT Wliy is it n«"C«'«»Hry 

 to bind up tlie woiiiida or to cover tlit-ni with waxf Kxpluiu the 

 operation of cl»-ft jjrafting. Of shii'ld- budding. Under what 

 cir<■ulu^tanoe8 and on wliat plants are tli<-!«e methods commonly 

 useilt Of what age of wood is the cion usually mndi'T \Vh«n is 

 grafting perforniedf BuddingT How are plants made to bi« dwatf 

 by means of grafting or budding l.*4l(j/> if 



Chaptvr 1" 



Tho preparation of the In fid for seal will now 

 l»o eousiilonHl. Ilaviiiix Ifanu'd how jdaiits jin» 

 propajratod by the {^anh'in'r, wo may takr a 

 b:oa<l«'r viow of the subject, and see how tht-y 

 aro startod in tho fiolds of tho farnior. Wo shall 

 now havo to do with (1) tho j::onoral fat'tois that 

 dotorniino tho proparation of the socd-botl; (2) 

 the demands made by the plants on the soil; (3) 

 tho actual makin;; of tlio soed-i«'d; (4) ti»o ap- 

 plication of tho forojjjoin*:^ principles to su<-h 

 fiinthimental crops as wlioat, Indian corn and 

 potatoes. 



What is said B->"'ii in" lo«8 from faulty preparation of Und ? 

 Why is it so very important thnt the farmer should know whut tbo 

 il.al seed-bod should be? Wl.at is a seed bed. aa um-d in its 

 agricultural sense (24:'/ii? What aro llie two factors that govern 

 the prepnrnfion of the land for the Sf-ed-bed? 



Do fine seeds demand a different kind of seMl-bed from Tery 



