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planting- board. It may be made of two pieces, cleated 
with strips, and the holes bored in check rows, with a 
24 -inch bit. This board is placed over the flat of soil and 
the holes punched with the dibber. The point of the 
dibber may be iron and the handle wood, or the dibber 
may be all wood. The holes on the upper side of the 
board are beveled to receive the dibber more readily. See 
Chapter XVI for further notes on the use of this board. 
FIG. 37. DIBBLING MACHINE FOR USE WHEN 
TRANSPLANTING INTO FLATS 
Figure 37 shows a dibbling machine invented for mak- 
ing holes in flats or plant boxes. It is operated by means 
of two levers. One lever held by the left hand elevates 
the flat filled with soil, while the right hand manipulates 
a lever which turns a battery of spools, each provided 
with a metal point. With this machine a boy or a man 
can make 150 holes in a flat in a few moments. 
