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horse, a good eye and practise to make fairly-straight 

 marks or furrows. It is a great help to stretch a 

 line as a guide for the first furrows across the side 

 of a field; then, coming back, keep one outside 



marker tooth 

 or sled in the in- 

 side mark made 

 during the first 

 trip; and so on, 

 till the field is 

 finished. (The 

 furrower opera- 

 tor in the pic- 

 ture is practising 

 this very thing, 



A HOME-MADE THREE-ROW FURROWER but he neglected 



to stretch a line 



for the first or outside rows, and, therefore, his 

 furrows are not so exact as they might be.) 



PLANTING DISTANCES. In the various chapters 

 on vegetables, etc., will be found hints regarding how 

 far apart to plant the different varieties. 



TRANSPLANTING TO THE FIELD. The method of 

 doing this with flats has already been mentioned. If 

 plants have been grown directly in the soil in frames, 

 then, of course, they must be dug (without disturbing 

 the roots more than is necessary), placed in boxes 

 convenient for handling, hauled to the field, kept 

 moist and out of the sun, and planted as rapidly 

 as possible. E. R. Jinnette says : "Instead of 

 using flats, my way is to soak the soil in the frames 

 with water. Then with knife or spade cut the soil 

 into blocks a plant in center of each and take 

 blocks up with a spade and move them on wagon to 

 field." As soon as the field is planted, start the culti- 



