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bed until good, strong, stocky plants, from four to six inches high. Then I 

 prepare my trenches as follows: — Dig two spadings wide, and one deep, and 

 throw the dirt equally on each side of the trench, then put a good 

 wheelbarrow full of good rotten manure to every rod in length of trench, 

 then commence at one end, and dig another spading deeper, but not throw 

 out the dirt, but mix it well, with manure, then with a trowel lift the 

 plants from the bed, disturbing the roots as little as possible, and set 

 them in the trench one foot apart, and let them grow until the stalks are 

 long enough, when straighten up to admit of leveling in the ground and 

 not covering the heart of the plant: then gather all the leaves together in 

 one hand, and haul the dirt in around the plant with the other. Once 

 or twice more through the fall, pull the dirt around the plants keeping it 

 as high as possible, and not cover the heart. Let it stand out as late in the 

 fall as possible and not get frozen, as frosty nights will not hurt it. There 

 are so many ways of storing it in the winter that I presume there are 

 better ways than mine. My way is to dig it up, leaving a good bunch of 

 dirt on the roots, and take it to the cellar where I have some half barrel 

 tubs which I fill with roots, placing them as close as possible together. 

 When the tub is full I pour in as much water as will just cover the roots, 

 not allowing it to touch the stalk, and in the winter, if it becomes dry, put 

 in more water. Be careful to dig it when there is no dew on the leaves. 



DISCUSSION. 



Pres. Elliot: I am no celery grower, still I have had my 

 eyes open, and those who have had the best success are 

 the growers who are on those drained marshes. I made a 

 statement last year in regard to a German farmer west of 

 the city here. He uses the bottom of a lake that has been 

 drained. He plowed it up arid manured it about forty loads to 

 the acre, and that ground will keep moist right through the dry 

 season. Now we have any amount of such land all over the 

 state, and it is the same kind of land they use at Kalamazoo 

 where they grow so much celery. 



Dr. Frisselle: We want to remember that celery is a native 

 of the marshes of England, and if you undertake to cultivate it 

 on uplands you want to give it water all the time, but the 

 correct plan for raising celery is followed at Kalamazoo. They 

 raise it in the marsh. Take any muck marsh and give it a 

 heavy coat of manure and you can raise plenty of celery. 



Joshua Allyn: The time has come when celery is a luxury 

 and everybody is trying to eat it. It is very hard work for 

 everybody to grow it, but it can be grown by everybody if they 

 have good soil. We are growing it every year, but to grow it 

 for the market it requires to be grown on a cheap plan. This 

 trenching is a good plan if you grow it on a small scale. The 



