Transplanting 



431 



227. Another form of transplanting tool. 



third of the top may be twisted or cut off with good results 

 (Fig. 228). 



Of late years, transplanting machines drawn by horses 

 have become popular for 

 the planting of cabbages, 

 tomatoes and other large- 

 area crops. If the plants 

 are well grown and of the 

 right size, these machines 

 work very satisfactorily. 

 They not only expedite and 

 lessen labor, but the plants 

 are more likely to live than when transplanted in the 

 ordinary way. They are supplied with a watering de- 

 vice. There are also various kinds of hand-transplanting 

 devices that remove a large body of earth with the plant 

 and drop it into a hole of similar size. These tools are 

 useful for small areas or for amateur work, 

 but they are not adapted to general field 

 operations. Machines for aiding trans- 

 planting by hand have come into use, and 

 are often very satisfactory. 



Some kinds of plants, of which melons 

 and cucumbers are examples, do not trans- 

 plant readily. It is customary to start them 

 228. To show how in boxes, pots or on the bottoms of hard 

 maTbe°rUo:ed?„ sods. The pknts Can then be taken to 

 transplanting. the field with the earth intact, and they 

 will not suifer in the removal. There are various kinds 

 of transplanting boxes in the market. Some melon 

 growers use ordinary splint pint or quart berry baskets. 



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