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Experiments on Transplanting Mangold. 
By this means also tlie plants are at once set out, no space 
between two being less tlian a foot, or more than 18 inches. It 
will easily be perceived that the distances between the plants 
being thus regulated, if the filling up be carefully attended to at 
the proper time, almost every space may be filled in ordinary 
seasons. 
As a large expenditure is generally made in preparing for this 
valuable crop, to ensure a heavy produce a regular plant is the 
chief desideratum. If a man could fill up no more than 500 
a day, the produce might be worth from IO5. to 1/. 
I ought to add that the dibble takes two rows, and consists of 
two wheels, which move on an axle, so as to adjust them to the 
width from row to row. It is guided by a T-shaped handle, the 
workman pushing it before him. There would be no difficulty 
in attaching these dibbling-wheels to the roller, whether the crop 
be sown on the flat or the ridge. If on the latter, a couple of 
iron ridge-rollers might be used ; each roller, in shape like an 
hour-glass, covering one ridge, with its dibble to follow. The 
mangold used in all these experiments has been the yellow globe. 
Our late Chief Justice of Singapore, Sir Christopher Rawlinson, 
informed me that he had always raised his garden beet at Singa- 
pore by striking the seed, and then planting out. 
In conclusion, I would observe that the seed-bed, the dibble, 
and the filling up by transplanting, are parts of one whole 
system. The seed-bed in the hands of a gardener is sim])le 
enough, as a matter of his ordinary calling. With the farmer it 
is otherwise. For his information, therefore, I may state that it 
is best formed of stable manure, turned over once or twice, so as 
to be well heated. It may then be laid about 2 feet deep, and 
6 inches of loose striking-earth spread upon it. This should be 
formed of rotten turf, or roadside parings; decayed leaves, or 
other vegettible manure ; the bottoms of dry ditches, with a good 
deal of silt, so as to form a loose compound, in which the seeds 
may root freely. The bed should be allowed a few days to settle 
and to warm the earth before the seed is sown. When the pl,ints 
are removed from the bed, great care should be taken not to 
injure their roots. Girls' fingers are the best for separating the 
little plants, and laying them ready for the planter. The planting 
with ine is done with a garden trowel ; and, if done carefully, not 
more than 5 per cent, will require; to be set a second time. 
Brantham Court, 5th Fehrum-y, 1862. 
