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52 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
Cross-section of Marker
FIG. :41. Maker, for for& sccci-beds.
the beds a marker (Fig. 31), hinged seeding-board (Fig. X3), and a seedtrough
(Fig. 34) have proved highly eflicient. The marker consists of a
plank 4 feet long, 1.5 inches
wide and l$ inches thick,
with
two handles projeeteyond
each end, and
with triangular strips of
wood from 3 inch to 1 inch
thick on a side and 4 feet
long, nailed longitudinally
and parallel, from 3 to 6
inches apart, on its under
1%~ pressing these
lgular strips or cleats
. --- .. into the soft earth of the
FIG. 32. (‘oIltTf’t(’ ruarkcr-rnller. prepared seed-bed perfect
\‘-shaped depressions can
be made of the depth t ItGrrd. ‘I’\vo 111th11 (‘ill1 mark frotn IOU to 200, 4 by
13 foot beds per day \\*ith this l~oarcl, ~l~p~nding on the dcptll desired
Hinged Seeding Board
FIG. 33. A seditlg-lmtrcl for forest seds. A cma+sectt.iou of t,llis bond is
sh0w11 in Fig. 34.