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Setting Tomato Plants 
I am contemplating putting in four 
acres of tomatoes for the canning factory, 
and as I shall have little or no help at 
planting time, I am trying to devise a 
means which will enable me to plant the 
tomato plants with the least amount of 
hand labor. Any suggestion you may 
have to offer will be appreciated. I have 
an idea, and I would like to know if it is 
practicable. That is, to mark the land 
one way, then furrow out with a one- 
horse plow to a depth of, say, four inches, 
and use a cabbage planter to set the 
plants. Then I can hoe the earth around 
the plants afterwards, so that they will 
talks about marking out one way with a 
one-horse plow and hoeing around the 
plants after. The plants can be set with 
less labor than that hoeing and marking 
out. Many two-horse plant-setting ma¬ 
chines are used; and they do fairly good 
work, but not on check rows; neither do 
they save time. They do, however, save 
backache. c. c. hulsart. 
New Jersey. * 
Grain Seeding and Potato Planting 
I was reading an article in a back issue 
about sowing wheat in stubbles, of which 
you know of no case where it was prac- 
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It is getting the time of year to plant 
potatoes, etc. I was reading an account 
of a man in Illinois that the farmers 
were losing millions of dollars by not 
selecting their seed corn in the field and 
testing it before planting, and a thought 
came to me that what was true with corn 
would- he true with potatoes. That sea¬ 
son I selected two bushels of the best hills 
of potatoes I had in my patch ; it means 
a lot of extra time .but afterwards I con¬ 
sidered it time well spent. The second 
season after selecting seed my average 
per bushel planted was over 21 bushels. 
Another experience I had was this: I 
cut my seed a few days before I wanted 
to plant .and it became too wet to plant 
for more than a week. I had the pota¬ 
toes out where they would dry off. They 
started short, heavy sprouts, which were 
tough and green, and in handling would 
not break off. When they came up they' 
were black-green, and tough, and the bugs 
did not. bother them nearly so much as 
they did before. I have uot sprayed for 
blight or bugs, and have always had a 
fair yield, never less than 10 bushels for 
every bushel planted. 
I find if one can have potatoes to put 
out one or two sprouts to the hill they 
yield better. I have used little potatoes 
with good results. By cutting off the 
sprout cud of little potatoes, which leaves 
two or three eyes in main potato, you will 
have better success in planting them. I 
find the selection of seed' is as much in 
the growing of crops as the preparing of 
the ground. If most farmers would give 
this more attention better crops would be 
raised. - E . F. 
Pennsylvania. 
Marking Out the Cornfield 
he set deep in the soil. Do you know of 
any reason why a cabbage planter cannot 
be used the same as for setting cabbage 
without furrowing out? Any detail in¬ 
formation you may have at hand will be 
of great help to me in solving this prob¬ 
lem. c. w. D. 
New York. 
Our large growers use a machine drawn 
by a pair of mules with a cask of water 
and boys sitting behind to set plants and 
water. Have seen hand plant-setters ad¬ 
vertised, but have not tried one. I do not 
know what machine you call a cabbage 
planter. If it will set cabbage plants I 
suppose it will set tomato plants if not 
too large or tall. With someone to drop 
plants you can follow and cover and pack 
them with a hoe. To set four acres of 
plants without any help will be a tough 
job. Have someone to drop the plants 
in furrow and then pull the soil in with. 
Iioe and pack with stroke of back of hoe. 
The plants will soon straighten up. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
The planting into the field is a small 
job compared to picking the crop. Our 
usual method is to‘mark the land 4*4 ft. 
each way, and set the plants in the 
cheeks. After marking, fertilizer is scat¬ 
tered around where the plant is to be 
placed; or a quicker way is to use a one- 
horse one-row fertilizer drill. This meth¬ 
od uses a little more fertilizer, but it is 
not wasted; the crop will get it all before 
harvest. When the fertilizer is all dis¬ 
tributed and mixed with the soil (the drill 
does the mixing) I take a one-horse five- 
tooth cultivator, put two shovels or small 
plows on the rear centers, put the right 
one on the left side, and vice versa, re¬ 
move all other teeth and shanks, leave 
the wheels on, put horse in the furrow 
and go ahead. Some may think a sulky 
two-horse cultivator with plows attached 
would be easier and handier; the trouble 
with this implement is the wheels ob¬ 
literate the cross furrows. Those rows 
can he made in half a day with one horse, 
and should be made when soil is damp 
and sufficiently far ahead of planting to 
allow the ground to settle some. In 
planting we use a wooden dibble made 
Irmn the upper end of a shovel or fork 
handle; this is out about a foot below 
the hand piece and flattened on two sides 
t<> a blunt point. With a hoy to drop the 
plants I have frequently set two acres in 
one day (I do not belong to any union, 
bovver) • I have known men to set 
o.OOO tomato plants with a dibble in a 10- 
nour day. 
As to this machine, does the inquirer 
mean by ‘‘cabbage planter” the two-horse 
plant-setting machine that carries a bar- 
rel <it water along? If he does, I must 
SU ‘' ! ■ , is 110 machine for a man without 
much help. First, it takes three men to 
opeiate it; one to drive and two to feed 
ie plants. It will need two more to get 
I’hint.s and water to where the ma- 
i one is working, unless one happens to 
“ es , a brook. Furthermore, to drop 
vnT V>auts in anything like the right 
T' lt when crossing those furrows he will 
' „ ls n goo< ? deal like trying to shoot 
whe win - with a rifle; hence 
i“ e . o field is set it is some job to cul- 
n l' 1 crosswise, hecacuse of the irreg- 
uet “ ° wa y the plants have been 
It' tuqiiirer means the hand planter (I 
bet one 'f °?. 1 * v pictures, hut I will 
ca [] s „r f the editor’s big red apples I 
se n no mUny V\ &nts b - v dam! as one of 
up stra Z terS ,"7" 1 cannot stand 
• aight and do, it however. Inquirer 
ticed. In this section some farmers sow 
buckwheat so it can he harvested about 
the time for sowing wheat; then the piece 
of ground is harrowed once and drilled 
to Avheat, and in most cases the yield is 
as good or better than from prepared 
ground. This method leaves stubbles to 
protect the grain sown. If the party 
wished to try it in a different section an 
acre or so would be enough to test out 
this method. 
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May 15. 
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Apple Shippers’ Association, Chicago, 
Ill.. August 11-14. 
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