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THE NEW RHUBARB CULTURE. 



These furrows are half filled with coarse manure 

 the following spring and the ridge of earth near the 

 plants turned back, covering the manure and leaving 

 another small furrow very close to the hills. This second 

 furrow is partly filled with manure, and finally the whole 

 surface is leveled off with a fork or pronged hoe, at 

 the same time taking pains to stir all the soil about the 



Ridged Bed in Winter. 



hills. The application takes 25 to 50 loads of manure 

 per year per acre. 



The first stalks are pulled when not over six inches 

 high. The help are instructed to grasp the stalk near 

 the lower end, and to avoid breakage the pullings are 

 left in the sun until slightly wilted, thus making such 

 kinds as the Victoria less brittle. The stalks are carted 

 to the packing house, where the root ends are cleaned 



