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the Upper Peninsula as zero, while other reliable 

 sources of information indicate a shipment of 100 

 dozen stalks six days of each week from October 1 to 

 January 1. The acreage is small, but is said to be 

 readily increasable with favorable labor conditions. 



Michigan celery is grown on the heavy well- 

 drained muck-lands of which the soil is very deep, 20 

 to 30 feet, with a subsoil of hard stiff clay. Three 

 or four feet of good top soil are said to be sufficient 

 for the growing of celery, provided it is well-drained 

 and strong. Black ash and elm muck-lands are best 

 for celery production. The marketing begins about 

 July 1 and continues until midwinter. The Kalama- 

 zoo, Grand Haven and Muskegon districts grow early 

 celery, starting their marketing about July 1, con- 

 tinuing until October. The Grand Haven and 

 Muskegon crops are shipped across the lake to Chi- 

 cago, while the Kalamazoo product is sold largely 

 in other cities throughout the United States. De- 

 catur, Vriesland, Hudsonville and other smaller sec- 

 tions where the crop is grown more extensively begin 

 shipping later and aim to dispose of it before freezing 

 weather. 



In 1920, Michigan ranked fifth among the states 

 producing sugar-beet seed. The output that year 

 was 515,000 out of a total of 6,770,000 pounds. The 

 states exceeding Michigan were Idaho, Montana and 

 California. The average yield to the acre in Michi- 

 gan was 765 pounds, which falls considerably short 

 of California's yield of 1,200, but not much below 

 that of Idaho, placed at 800 pounds. Wliilc the 



