374 SEED SOWING AND TRANSPLANTING 



TIME AND METHOD OF PLANTING SKKDS 



EXERCISES 



1. Give the three essential requisites of good seed. Which 

 one of these do you consider of most importance ? 



2. Examine samples of commercial seed bought at the local 

 market for evidences of weed seeds, grit, and other impurities. 

 Determine the per cent of each by weight. 



3. How do you plant seeds at home? Do you plant them 

 all at the same depth? 



4. Name the four important advantages of transplanting. 

 Which one of these is the one for which most of the transplanting 

 is done in your locality ? 



5. Why should plants not be set out in the heat of the day? 



6. Explain the proper method of filling a flat with soil. Of 

 sowing seeds in flats. Of transplanting. 



