PLANTING 



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some cases the manure, are placed in the furrow, the 

 potatoes dropped in, and then covered by the plow. 

 Generally speaking, the furrows should be thrown out 

 so that the potatoes will be four inches below ground 

 when the surface is level. The furrows are made the 



Courtesy Cornell U 



FIG. 25 PLANTING BY HAND 



A Tuber planted by hand in furrow opened with a shovel or double mold- 

 board plow. B The potatoes covered with shovel plow. C I<and har- 

 rowed level a few days after planting, to destroy weeds, leaving the 

 potatoes four to five inches deep. Few farmers plant at this depth, even 

 when they mean to do so. 



required distance apart. It has been deemed necessary 

 to place the potato in position, and fix it so that it will 

 not move when covered. In England this is done by 

 requiring the planters to press it down by hand, and 

 in this country the potatoes are often stepped on for 

 the same reason. The stepping on them may injure 



