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the seed along the rows. It is best to allow one row for 
each kind of seed, or at the most one-half row for a kind. 
In this way the label can be placed either at the beginning 
or at the end of the row. If labels are placed in the rows 
they will interfere with the glass or paper cover. 
A mouse can do much damage in a pot or flat of seed 
in one night, so the pot or box should be covered with a 
sheet of glass or a board. After the seed have germinated 
and are growing there is seldom any danger from mice. 
While on the subject of losing seed by other means than 
the damping-off disease it might be well to warn against 
the cunning antics of ants if they are in the neighborhood 
of a box of seeds. Ants will carry away any seed that is 
not too large for them to handle. They prefer seed just 
as they are germinating, but will also carry away newly 
sown seed. As they are wont to lick anything, be it insect 
or seed, that exudes a sweet substance, they supposedly 
carry the seed to their nests. It is very disheartening 
to discover that the fine seed that was so painstakingly 
sown the previous day has been and is being carried 
away by an army of ants. They will sometimes appear 
when least expected. If they are in the neighborhood of 
a box of seed it is well to place a water barrier between 
them and the seed box. One or more saucers of water in 
which empty pots are inverted and on which the box of 
seed is set will prevent them from causing any trouble. 
If only a pot of seed is to be protected it may be stood on 
a half brick in a saucer or pan of water. If many pots or 
boxes are used they may be set on a platform supported 
by standing four bricks in water. 
After the seed are all sown sand is sieved over the 
rows. If some sand has been set aside to dry, it will 
run through the sieve very easily. The deeper rows con- 
taining the large seed should receive a heavier covering 
than the small seed in the shallow rows. After the seed 
are all covered the flat is watered and then a pane of 
glass or a piece of paper or both are placed over the box. 
Moisture will accumulate on the glass and should be re- 
moved each morning. If the glass is carefully removed 
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