VEGETABLES. 323: 
Mr. Danforth: I think the beet itself is a profitable root to 
raise, as the pulp is good to feed our stock. 
A member: Can the beets be started in beds and then be 
transplanted to save seed? 
Mr. Smith: I don’t think it can profitably on account of 
the labor costing more than the seed. 
Prof. Green: The pulp is used a good dealin Germany to 
feed cattle. We have so much cheap fodder here that it would 
not be worth much for that purpose. 
CELERY GROWING IN MARSH LAND. 
J. A. SAMPSON, EXCELSIOR. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
I have been requested to furnish you an article on ‘‘Celery Growing in 
Marsh Lands.” 
Man to do good service is scarcely fit, 
Unless supplied with plenty of grit, 
But celery of the very best is found 
Where grit itself does not abound. 
You cannot learn to be a farmer by books alone. You must have expe- 
rience and perseverance as well as all the information you can get, ere you 
will make a success. 
I will say that I have been pleased with my success in celery growing, 
my celery taking the lead in the Minneapolis markets, having received 
many compliments as to its quality. My motto is, ‘‘What is worth doing, 
is worth doing well,” and always to try and doa little better. 
My choice of soil is a marsh containing about two feet of peat, well 
drained. I prefer tile to open ditch. I think a small marsh is richer in 
plant food than a large one, on account of the wash from the surrounding 
hills. I use dressing on my celery marsh to keep it up and, if possible, 
to make it better. 
Ihave been in the habit of planting in trenches; I intend to try surface 
planting, and put the rows further apart, so that I can cultivate without 
covering up my celery. Four feet apart has been the distance, and if I 
plant on the surface it will require more space, in order to bank up the 
celery. 
The advantages to be obtained in marsh land, if well drained, are: First, 
the handling of the ground, both in banking and also in the taking up of the 
celery. Peat is much lighter than loam. Second, it holds moisture better, 
being of a spongy nature, and celery needs moist ground. Third, you 
can work on it after rains in setting out plants much better than you can 
on upland, or in other words, when upland is muddy and sticky the marsh 
is like a carpet, simply dampened, the water being all absorbed by the soil. 
Fourth, peat is better to trench celery in for winter, keeping out the frost 
much better than ordinary lo:m. Fifth, it does not contain as much 
