82 Teuck Geowing in the South. 



be grown in the open. Select a piece of land that has no 

 seeds of weeds or grass. Prepare well by raking out all 

 grass and fertilize broadcast. Sow the seed thinly with 

 drill in rows eight inches apart. The seed should be 

 one-half inch deep, should be packed, and kept watered 

 until they germinate. The seed beds should be cultivated 

 until plants are as large as a lead pencil. Sow broadcast, 

 over the ground to be planted, 1,500 pounds of good fer- 

 tilizer, and harrow in. Then make a marker with teeth 

 eighteen inches apart, and mark off the rows. Several 

 rows can be marked off at once. Draw the plants from 

 the seed beds and lay them in piles with roots even. Take 

 a sharp knife and cut off roots one-half inch in length and 

 cut away about one-half of the tops. The plants are now 

 ready for setting. If no irrigation is used, set for two 

 days after a good rain, but if irrigation is used, the plants 

 can be set and watered afterward. The transplanter 

 should provide himself with a round stick six inches long 

 and five-eights inches in diameter, slightly rounded at one 

 end. Take a small bunch of plants in the left hand and 

 punch holes four inches apart. Insert your plant with 

 the left hand and press the dirt firmly to it with the peg. 

 With a little practice one can get along rapidly with this 

 method. With sufiicient moisture the plants will live 

 easily, and replanting will seldom have to be resorted to. 

 After a stand has been secured the ground should be cul- 

 tivated shallow with a wheel hoe and all vegetation kept 

 down. One hoeing may be necessary and a small onion 

 hoe made for the purpose should be used. Cultivation 

 should continue until the top falls over, which indicates 

 that the bulb has matured. Then the crop may be gath 



