74 MUCK CROPS 



and heavy plank float; always keeping the 

 soil packed down as firmly as possible. A 

 24-inch disc is a good tool for the first fit- 

 ting, following up with a double action cut- 

 away for leveling and smoothing the surface 

 soil. 



It is possible to get the ground into con- 

 dition to grow celery or even onions the 

 first season, but the better way is to keep 

 working it over during the first summer and 

 killing out the weeds, and before winter give 

 it a good discing and leave the surface as 

 loose as possible, so that freezing and thaw- 

 ing may have a chance to get in their work. 

 In the spring the surface soil should then be 

 mellow and most of the perennial weeds 

 killed out. 



An application of lime in the fall will help 

 mellow the ground and will offset the acidity 

 that exists and that which will subsequently 

 be put there in commercial fertilizers. No 

 two pieces of muck present exactly the same 

 conditions, and a liberal amount of perse- 

 verance with common sense and ingenuity 

 that will aid one in divising means to over- 

 come unexpected obstacles are the best 

 assets in beginning an undertaking of this 

 kind. 



