PLANTING. 71 



On wet land that has to be drained before planting, it is best 

 to throw the spoil-earth well back from the ditches and use it 

 for mound-planting. 

 Thus, if the ditches '. 



are 10 ft. apart, and /^^ 



the spoil -earth be \( *f 



thrown out to 2 J ft. 



on each side of the 



ditch, this will give . m . . , ^ 9 9 [. 



mounds 5 ft. apart, 



upon which the 



plants can be set at 



3, or 3J, or 4 ft. @ 



apart (2904, 2489, ^ f ^ 



or 2178 per acre). ^ 



Eegularity in /y\ . '., . t sg\ ; /: .. 

 planting is not pos- 

 sible on very stony (%\ . . Q . ( V'. r < ' 

 ground, or wherever 



pockets of earth @ ?.-/* * ;: *-. : '* 

 have to be used ; 



but it is best to have ** 



a gang of planters 

 headed by an ex- 

 perienced foreman, ^ . ,1'i^ ;..; > t ;^ i 

 (1), who either 



plants along a line & o ....-.;' 

 marked out with a 

 tagged rope or has 



a 4 ft. Stick t() Planting in lines, each planter, 2, 3, 4, taking his 



line from the foreman, i. 

 measure off the dis- 

 tance with, and who starts first, while the others, (2) to (4), 

 take their respective lines from him, at 4 ft. apart, or whatever 

 the planting-distance may be (Fig. 18). 



The Rate and the Cost of Planting vary greatly according to 



