. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 24 backward and forward as shown in Fig. 21. In some cases there is danger of an air space being left at the lower point of the spade, and this should be guarded against. If the soil is very loose and sandy, the plant may need to be placed in position before the spade is removed to prevent the filling up of the planting- 1 % m /,"! / 'i ii\ Wif^^(tW&&M I 'I / Fig. 22.— (a) Grub hoe. ib) Planting mattock- (e) Sod removed from planting hole. The planting hole may also be made by using the mattock or grub hoe. (Fig. 22). The soil is loosened

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. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 24 backward and forward as shown in Fig. 21. In some cases there is danger of an air space being left at the lower point of the spade, and this should be guarded against. If the soil is very loose and sandy, the plant may need to be placed in position before the spade is removed to prevent the filling up of the planting- 1 % m /,"! / 'i ii\ Wif^^(tW&&M I 'I / Fig. 22.— (a) Grub hoe. ib) Planting mattock- (e) Sod removed from planting hole. The planting hole may also be made by using the mattock or grub hoe. (Fig. 22). The soil is loosened with one of these tools and the planting hole can be made with the broad edge of tbe Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : The Dept.

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