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rotted cow or sheep manure was scattered in about 

 four hundred feet of row. With a narrow-toothed cul- 

 tivator we worked the soil and manure together. Just 

 before planting we took the plants up, trimmed off the 

 tops and roots^ leaving a stub of about three inches. 



We planted with a dibber, and, the field being on 

 the lake shore, watered all the rows before planting, 

 as the weather was very dry. We kept all the weeds 

 hoed out, and when the plants were well rooted we 

 cultivated at least once a week. We commenced 

 crowding up earth to the celery September i, and then 

 only to keep the plants upright. We have found that 

 celery banked in hot weather is subject to rust. We 

 commenced banking about September 20, continuing 

 the operation every few days until the celery was hilled 

 to the top. 



It is safe to leave celery in the field in this latitude 

 until November i, when it should be taken up and put 

 in trenches. 



We hold our celery in the trenches for the holi- 

 day trade. We select a central position in the field 

 where the celery is raised, take up and lay over a few 

 rows, and with the large string plow work as deep as 

 possible, a strip of ground eight feet wide and any 

 length desirable. With a spade we dig a ditch in the 

 center of the eight-foot strip, deep enough to allow the 

 tops of the celery to come even with the surface. Have 

 the celery piled along the trench within reach of the 

 man who is to place in the trench, two stalks side by 

 side, pressing enough dirt around the roots to hold in 

 position. Leave a space of eight inches, digging a new 

 trench, using the earth removed to fill up around the 

 celery in the first row, and so on until the strip is filled. 

 Let it stand in this shape until there is danger of freez- 

 ing. Then cover with six inches of dirt and allow this 

 layer to freeze nearly through to the celery, then cover 



