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very necessary if seeds are to be started in dry weather. This 

 method of watering is sometimes called " hand irrigation." 

 It is always a help to garden plants in dry seasons and most 

 necessary in light or sandy soils. 



Water should be easily accessible, so that the burden of 

 watering the garden will not be too great. If a barrel or 

 large tub of water can be kept near the garden and a little 

 manure be placed in it from time to time the liquid will be 

 excellent to use in watering the soil around the plants. Gar- 

 den vrrigation is considered in another chapter. 



Fia. 23. — A simple marker for garden rows, to be drawn by hand. Two widths of 

 rows are here shown. 



Sprayers and spray materials are often necessary in 

 fighting insects and plant diseases (see Chapter XX). A 

 small hand sprayer or atomizer, holding a quart, may be large 

 enough for small gardens either at home or at school. Such 

 may be had in most local markets at fifty or seventy-five cents 

 each. Bucket sprayers, costing two or three times as much, 

 may be needed for shrubbery, small fruits, and young trees. 

 Barrel and tank sprayers and large powder dusters will be 

 needed only on the larger, commercial plantations. 



Blank books and pencils for diaries and notes. 



Measures of one-fourth and one-half peck sizes. 



Labels, stakes, and twine for garden, lines have been 

 mentioned in another chapter. Twine winders may be easily 

 made by pupils (Fig. 24). 



