PROPAGATION BY MEANS OF SEEDS AND SPORES 53 



Seed Trough 



- ' Cross-section of Seedi'ng Board 



FIG. 34. A seeding-trough, used by foresters. 



and the condition of the soil. Another kind of marker, made of cement 

 and drawn by two men, is shown in Fig. 32. 



"The seeding-board consists of two strips of board 4^ feet long, 3 inches 

 wide and f-inch in thickness (narrow bevel siding is sometimes used), 

 joined edge to edge by a small hinge at each end. The adjoining edges of 

 the boards for a dis- 

 tance of 4 feet (the 

 width of the seed beds) 

 are beveled on the 

 top side between the 

 hinges, one edge much 

 more than the other, 

 so that a shoulder is 

 formed on which seed 



uniformly distributed _~*=AlBi^l^s^ 



will remain when the 

 board is dipped into 

 the trough partly filled 

 with seed, then tipped 

 each way so that all 

 superfluous ones will 

 fall back into the 





FIG. 35. Protected nursery beds, with and without 

 low cover, and a water supply at hand. 



