they will be crushed or bruised, nor keep them out of the ground until the 

 tender roots dry up, but take them at once to the field, and drop one on each 

 hill, to be followed immediately by the planter, who should take hold of it near 

 the roots with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, and with the right 

 hand smooth down, or, in other words, straighten out. the roots. Then, with 

 a peg about six inches long, make a hole in the center of the hill large enough 

 to admit the roots without their touching on the sides ; also make it < 

 enough to take in the longest roots without bending them. 



Put in the plant carefully as deep as the bud; then, with the peg and thumb 

 of the left hand, press the soil firmly to the roots, and draw the earth around 

 the plant so as to fill the entire hole. The best time to transfer the plants 

 from the bed to the hills is when the soil is moist, but not so wet as to cause 

 it to bake around the roots and kill them, or prevent their getting an early 

 start. If the season is very dry, before setting out take the dry earth from the 

 tops of the hills, set the plants late in the day, giving them the benefit of the 

 night dew. and before the dew has dried off in the morning cover them with 

 straw, brush, leaves, or anything suitable. 



This covering should remain until rain falls or until the plants get a 

 good start. This we consider the best plan that can be adopted under these 

 circumstances. We do not approve of watering, because it has a tendency to 

 make the soil bake, as mentioned above : but when it becomes necessary, from 

 a continued drought, after watering the hill, cover the spot with dry earth, and 

 it will tend to prevent baking. 



REPLANTING. 



This should be attended to as soon as you are satisfied the plant is weak or 

 has failed, because you should have as little difference in the growth of your 

 plan:- sible. By exercising proper care in the first planting, you will 



have but little replanting to do. We believe that cramped and crooked roots, 

 air admitted- to the roots by careless planting, and the bruising and crushing 

 nts by rough handling, are nearly, if not quite, all the causes of a poor 

 li stand." providing the land has been properly prepared and is in good condi- 

 tion at the time of planting. 



CUT- WORMS. 



Soon after setting out the plants, look sharp for long black or brown worms, 

 which burrow in the hills and destroy the plants. Unearth and kill them every 

 morning as long as they can be found. They seldom trouble new land to any- 

 great extent. The best time and method we know of for destroying them is 

 to plow up the land during the winter and freeze them. 



