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first, followed by the crop of cauliflower. If this method m 

 practiced, the land is worked very heavily throughout the sea- 

 son, and there seems to be no opportunity for a cover crop. In 

 western New York the general method is to devote the land to the 

 one crop during the season. The soil should be very finely pre- 

 pared in order to facilitate transplanting. The best time to 

 transplant is in cloudy or rainy weather, and if possible, more than 

 one transplanting should be made. This will aid in lengthening 

 the period of harvesting and in distributing labor. If a sunny 

 day is selected for transplanting, the plants should be set only 

 during the latter part of the afternoon. 



On a large area machine planting is the system in vogue. 

 With smaller areas hand planters are used. The machines greatly 

 reduce the amount of hand labor and make the work more rapid. 

 The stand is less perfect than with hand planting, and it is 

 quite necessary to go over the patch by hand and reset. One or 

 two hand planters on the market at the present time, according to 

 figures, reduce the cost of planting, and in comparison with the 

 method used, give better satisfaction than horse-drawn machines, 

 especially on areas of five acres or less. On the large machines 

 drawn by two horses, a barrel of water is carried, and at each 

 click of the machine a half pint of water is delivered in the 

 furrow. The clicking of the machine denotes the location of the 

 plant, and the droppers, who are on the rear of the machine 

 close to the ground, should place a plant at this time. Sometimes 

 the water is allowed to run continuously because there is a 

 variation in the placing of the plants. For the most successful 

 work with the machine, the ground should be fairly dry. If the 

 soil is wet, the machine does not work as well. 



If hand planting is used, it is possible to mark out the field in 

 two ways and place the plants at the intersection of the marks. 

 The distance between rows should be three feet and the distance 

 between plants in the row from eighteen to thirty inches. Plants 

 set by hand can be cultivated both ways. Where the plants are 

 located three feet apart between rows and thirty inches between 



