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stance as a covering were at all necessary 

 I should touch but lightly upon it, but 

 as it most emphatically is not, I protest 

 against it as a disgusting imposition 

 upon the consumer, as well as a serious 

 loss to the producer himself. No man 

 would be so insane as to bury his Winter 

 potatoes or turnips in this substance, 

 under the plea that his cellar was not 

 frost-proof. Why then should he "pro- 

 tect" celery, a vegetable of much more 

 delicate flavor and texture than either, 

 by placing above it, a thick layer of 

 manure, which contains a large amount 

 of substance ready to be washed down- 

 ward by the first rain ! 



