742 A Russian Method of Corn Cultivation, [dec, 



broadcast or in rows at a distance of if inches apart and if 

 inches apart in the row. The latter method is the better, as 

 the plants are more even in size. 



The transplanting is done in the same way as with young 

 cabbages. It is recommended that the earth should be shaken 

 from the roots, and the plants placed upright in a shallow 

 box, the bottom of which is covered with basic slag. When 

 the box is full it can be taken to the field and the planting 

 done in rows, allowing 7 inches between the rows and 7 

 inches between each plant. The plants should be put in 

 deeply, about three-quarters of an inch lower than before, 

 so as to cover the base of the leaves. If the weather be dry 

 the plants may be watered with weak liquid manure. 



Another method of deep-setting without transplanting may 

 be adopted if the seed is sown in rows at even distances 

 apart. The work is done with two dibbles, one of which is 

 hollowed at the end like a scoop. When the plants are of 

 suitable size, the dibble with the scoop-like end is inserted 

 under the roots of the plant so as to raise it slightly, while 

 at the same time an ordinary dibble is inserted on the other 

 side of the plant to the required depth. The result is that 

 the plant sinks lower in the soil and the loose earth can be 

 heaped up round it. 



A number of trials have been made in Germany for the 

 purpose of testing the method. One of the most exhaustive, 

 which was carried out at the Agricultural Institute at 

 Bromberg, is reported in the Mitt eilun gen der Deutschen 

 Land.-Gesellschajt (9th October, 1909). Duplicate plots 

 were arranged with both rye and barley. The rye plots were 

 arranged as follows : (a) drilled in rows 6 inches apart in 

 the ordinary way; (b) planted in rows 10 cm. (nearly 4 

 inches) between the rows and 20 cm. (nearly 8 inches) between 

 the plants; (c) drilled in sets of three rows 10 cm. apart, with 

 a distance of 30 cm. (nearly 12 inches) between each three 

 rows; (d) drilled as in the case of (c), but the plants after- 

 wards thinned to 8 inches apart as in (b). 



In the case of the rye, the sowing of (a), (c) and (d) took 

 place on 22nd September, and for (b) on the 3rd September, 

 the plants being transplanted on the 24th. The latter suffered 

 from drought and did not recover till the beginning of 



