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with strawy manure, which will prevent frost working 

 any farther. 



Celery buried in this manner is sure to keep 

 until spring. Thirty-six square rods, planted according 

 to the above, cost in labor and rent of ground, fifty 

 dollars and ninety-five cents. Proceeds of sales were 

 ninety-five dollars, leaving a profit of forty-five dollars 

 and five cents. 



Blanching Celery with Leaf Mold. — C. Gross, 

 Morgan county, Missouri, took two boards the length 

 of the row and one foot wide, and placed them six 

 inches distant from the plants, one on each side of the 

 row, keeping them in place by small stakes. He next 

 fitted a small board at each end, which was also held in 

 place by stakes, or they might be lightly nailed together, 

 forming a box. He now filled the space between the 

 boards around the celery with leaf mold, straightening 

 up the celery leaves while filling in. Water was then 

 applied until the leaf mold was all moistened through. 

 As it settled down more was put in and watered until 

 the box was full of moist leaf mold. The celery Mr. 

 Gross found to be perfectly and quickly blanched in 

 this manner. 



Celery in Cellar. — November 8, W. McDermott, 

 Saratoga county, New York, gathered his celery, 

 placed it right side up as carefully as possible, in a box 

 in the cellar, and kept the tops sprinkled with water 

 say once in two weeks. He keeps celery crisp and 

 tender nearly all winter in this way. 



Peas. — A good crop was grown in a dry, hot 

 season, by the thorough methods which C. P. Byington 

 describes. With wheel plows, furrows were made 

 three and one-half feet apart and five to six inches 

 deep, by plowing twice in the same furrow. The peas 

 were then drilled in by hand, using one quart of seed 

 to one hundred and fifty feet of drill, and covered by 



