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52 THE NURSERY-MANUALCross-section of MarkerFIG. :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 aplank 4 feet long, 1.5 incheswide and l$ inches thick,withtwo handles projeeteyondeach end, andwith triangular strips ofwood from 3 inch to 1 inchthick on a side and 4 feetlong, nailed longitudinallyand parallel, from 3 to 6inches apart, on its under1%~ pressing theselgular strips or cleats. --- .. into the soft earth of theFIG. 32. (‘oIltTf’t(’ ruarkcr-rnller. prepared seed-bed perfect\‘-shaped depressions canbe made of the depth t ItGrrd. ‘I’\vo 111th11 (‘ill1 mark frotn IOU to 200, 4 by13 foot beds per day \\*ith this l~oarcl, ~l~p~nding on the dcptll desiredHinged Seeding BoardFIG. 33. A seditlg-lmtrcl for forest seds. A cma+sectt.iou of t,llis bond issh0w11 in Fig. 34.