142 Teuck Geowing in the South. 



Then bed up high with two-horse turn plow two or four 

 furrows making a good high bed, not very wide, two fur- 

 rows being preferred by some, rather than four furrows 

 on which to plant. The bed is now ready for planting. 

 In this section we begin planting as early as we are 

 reasonably safe from frost, beginning about the first to 

 the 10th of March. As there is always more or less dan- 

 ger of frost until after April 1st in this section. I make 

 three plantings of seed, one every ten days beginning from 

 the 1st of March to the lOth of March. This usually in- 

 sures a stand even if we have frost as late as April 1st, as 

 the last planting is in the ground at that time. 



I plant from three to five seed at the time. The first 

 planting is right on the check, the next planting being to 

 one side and the third planting to the other side of the 

 check. I use a hoe in planting, knocking the bed down 

 well to the moist soil. 



I plant very shallow, covering not over three-quarter- 

 inch, being careful to place moist dirt on top of the seed 

 and to press this dirt with the hoe. The mark made well 

 with the hoe will indicate where each planting is made so 

 that in making two or three plantings there is no danger 

 of interfering with seed previously planted, although they 

 may have not yet come up. 



I am sure that much of the complaint that is common 

 every year as to bad stands is due to the fact that the seed 

 are planted too deep in the ground. We usually have 

 some packing rains during March and the ground is cold, 

 therefore seed can not come up unless planted shallow- 

 As soon as the seed are out of the ground the soil around 

 the young plants should be stirred so as to let the sunshine 



