Show t f to r f = qJ il 1 I HORTICULTURE fJ t 1 Jj t iL 1 t THE DIDDLE 4d m t i f r 1 Make Quick Work of Transplanting t by Its Use ii 1 1 J > lJ I i t The tratiRplnntlnK peg IB a llttlo V 1 known Implement It would ho profit I f I j nblo In many toy to-y i J 0 form Its acquaint J e e I 1 trace lly It much prollt and pleas ifl I t f 2 = uro can be derived t1 k r de-rived from the 1 garden To trans 1 n I R plant by milking t tp I liolcs In the rc > 2I ground wllh your linger l IA ae crudo i an to cultivate i with your hand I j I A 3 instead of n hoe t t I I or plow j I I J U the inpldlty of dU V an export in sot I I Fm ting plants with Is n peg a HiirprlHO f I to Iho notice 1 have had men peg I of In 20 plants to the mlniitn or 1200 In f J an hour Steel pegs mo for salt but I a wooden one costs nothing and Is far j u hotter As plants are of different I tJ i kinds and sizes I find dlffoient sizes and shapes of pegs necessaiy BO I I flLii whittle the pegs to suit the kind of I i plants I am Betting i Tho right use and tho rapid use p ia of the peg will gradually be learned by practice If floe ground Is too wet i dirt will stick to tho peg if too dry will fall hock Into tho holo when tho peg Is removed In cither case this can ho avoided by giving the peg a tot twirl as It Is removed fiom tho hole f 4 Sometimes the holo Is too mini 11 to II admit tho plant rhls ran ho overcome over-come by wabbling the pug whllo ma king tho hole ii + H l When tho plnnt Is Inserted con tlnucB tho writer In Farm and Home it tj the dirt should ho pressed firmly ahoul is it with the peg This Is done by a i movement of thin wrist In which tho I 1 su + peg Is thrown from an uptight position C t q r r posi-tion to a sharp slant so that while the point of tho peg has pressed the dirt on the far Hide of tho plant the sldo of tho peg by n sorolclroupr move mont of tho hand has pressed the r t dirt on the right and on tho sldo next I to you This movement I Is not easily learned y m 1 To gain rapid movement practice by counting four When yju pay ono iitI pick up the plant with the loft hand j 11sl two make the hole with tho right three Insert plant with tho loft four eifA press the dirt about the plant 1 with tho right Begin very slowly and Increase l r In-crease the movement until you I yo l are + planting as fast as you can count i You will bo surprised how quickly you attain this speed |