66 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



the plants. The other end of the tooth is for harrowing, and very 

 little remains to be done with the hoe. 



Dr. Humphrey — I like the papers, but I think there is a 

 little lameness in Brother Pearson's. He ought to have used 

 two words emphatically — "early" and "in season." If a man is 

 going to run a truck patch, it is not like running a farm. I have 

 a brother that can run a farm better than I can, but I can beat 

 him in the truck patch. If you don't plant just at the right time, 

 just when the iron is hot, you lose a good deal. I am also sur- 

 prised that in neither of the lists are some of the best vegetables 

 grown. I did not hear anything about spinach, or carrots, or 

 parsnips. 



Mr. Pearson — We plant spinach in the fall, but we are two or 

 three hundred miles apart. I said in my paper, to work as soon 

 as the soil works kindly, and with us that is about the middle of 

 March. I meant to say early, and if the Doctor didn't hear 

 that, I can't help it. 



Mr. Gay — I think one important thing left out was celery. 

 Some gardeners think it is hard to grow, but I think it is about 

 as easy grown as radishes, and is one of the best things in the 

 garden. Another thing I want to impress on the attention of 

 the members, and that is the having a small hot-bed. It is easily 

 made, and I do like the hot-bed. 



Mr. Beeby — And I want some cauliflower. It is better than 

 cabbage and is raised easily. 



Mr. Vandenberg — As to the garden being away off in the field, 

 I would say that that is no place for it. If the garden is far from 

 the house, where it is difficult for the women folks to get to it, 

 you will frequently go without vegetables for dinner. There- 

 fore, I say, have your garden close to the house. 



Dr. Lyons — Celery is very easily grown and does not require 

 as much work as cabbage. Plant in rows about^eight inches 

 apart in well manured soil, then let them alone until August. 

 About that time take a five-inch drain tile and pass your arm 

 through the tile and gather the stems of the celery together and 

 pass them into the tile. Then cultivate until the steins fill the 

 tile. About the first of September put a little mulch about the 

 ■celery, and that is all that it needs. 



