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several years and the material only costs eight cents 

 a yard. I have used mine two years, and it is good yet. 

 I boarded in my two oldest rows of celery Septem- 

 ber 7. I have a lot of old fence boards taken from a 

 worn-out fence ; they are five feet long by one and one- 

 half feet wide. These I put up close to the outside row, 

 holding them in place by stakes. I then put boards 



IRRIGATING CELERY 



in between the second and third rows, enclosing two 

 rows ; between these two rows I have a small channel 

 for water. The boards enclosing the two rows are one 

 foot apart at the bottom and slope nearer together at 

 the top. The celery leaves now reach a little above the 

 top of the boards. This is only for the two rows 1 

 wish to bleach for immediate use ; the balance I simply 



