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?4. Width of the stripe •■• 257 



§5. Preparation of the Strips ••• 257-258 



§6. Sowing the Strips ••• 258 



§7. Covering the Seed ••• 258-259 



§8. Value and Employment of the Method ••• ■^Sy 

 Article 6. Trench or Furrow Sowing — 



§1. Width and Depth of the Furrows and Trenches ••• 260 



§2. Preparation of the Furrows and Trenches ••• 260-261 



§3. Sowing the Trenches or Furrows ••• Z61 



§4. Value and Employment of the Method ••• 261 



Article 7. Ridge Sowing — 



§1. Preparation of the Hidges ••• 262 



§2. Sowing the Ridges ... 262-263 



§3. Value and Employment of the Method ••• 263 



Article 8. Combination of Stripe, Ridge and Trench — 



§1. Combined Ridge and Trench Sowing ... 263-264 



§2. „ Strip „ „ „ ... 264 



§3. „ „ , Ridge and Trench Sowing .„ 264-265 



Article 9. Patch Sowing — 



§1. Distance between the Patches ... 265-266 



Size of the Patches ... 266 



Direction of the Lines of Patches ... 266-267 



Preparation of the Patches ... 267 



Sowing of the Patches ... 267-268 



Value and Employment of the Method ... 268-269 



10. Plot Sowing ... 269 



11. Pit or Hollow Sowing ... 269-270 



12. Sowing in Holes ... 270-271 



13. Mound Solving ... 271-272 



14. Combined Patch, Pit and Mound ... 272 

 Quantity of Seed to sow ... 272-273 

 Maintenance Operations 



1. Protection of the Seeds sown ... 274 



2. „ „ Seedlings ... 274-276 



3. Special fostering of the Seedlings — 

 Watering ... 277-278 

 Weeding, Hoeing and Manuring ... 278 

 ^V^a ... 278-279 



Skction VII. Execution of mixed sowings ... 279 



CHAPTER V. 



Planting. 



Section I. Choice of Species ... £80 



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