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mination. Take from these sprouted seeds 

 those that are of the same size and develop- 

 ment, and plant six in a straight line in each 

 basket, being careful to plant all to exactly 

 the same depth. Then cover the soil in 

 the basket about one-fourth inch deep with 

 clean, dry sand, dip the whole basket, down as 

 far as the rim you have already coated with 

 paraffin, into melted paraffin; cool, and dip 

 again and again until it is completely covered 

 with hardened paraffin for about one-sixteenth 

 of an inch, and you have nearly completed 

 your task. 



See that the pots have the best possible con- 

 ditions of light, temperature and moisture, as 

 nearly as you can make it like what they would 

 have in the field, being careful to keep all the 

 baskets of one set together. Water them fre- 

 quently. If you have weighed some of the 

 baskets as soon as planted, you will know how 

 much water to supply, for you must keep weight 

 as close as possible to what it was at the be- 

 ginning. 



Fifteen or twenty days are enough to show 

 you what fertilizer your soil most needs, and 

 you can then go ahead and get it ready for 

 crops. This is a test solely for soil needs, not 

 for plant requirements, so it is not necessary 



