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row, but only moderately covered, allowing the furrow 

 to be filled in by subsequent cultivation, after the 

 shoots have started. Deep planting is not always sat- 

 isfactory, especially with tips. If the subsoil is heavy 

 and hard the plants will lose more than they gain. 

 Experiments at the Nebraska Experiment Station gave 

 uniformly better results from shallow planting of black 

 raspberries. 



In mellow ground the plants are quickly set by 

 drawing the earth about them with the hands and firm- 

 ing it with the hands or feet, leaving the furrow to be 

 filled in with a hoe or by subsequent cultivation. When 

 two or three persons are planting together one should 

 carry the plants in water and drop them just in ad- 

 vance of those who are setting. He should never be 

 allowed to get ahead of the planters, for every expo- 

 sure to sun and wind, even though brief, lessens the 

 vitality of the plant. If one person is working alone, 

 the plants may be carried in a pail containing some 

 water. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE LAND 



Some return may be obtained from the land the 

 first year by planting hoed crops between the rows. 

 In many cases nothing will be gained by this practice. 

 Under intensive culture it can be done with profit, but 

 with common farm methods what is gained by the 

 catch -crop is likely to be more than lost in diminished 

 growth of the fruit -plants. 



Cultivation during the first year differs little from 

 that of other hoed crops. Frequent stirring of the 



