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MUCK CROPS 



be sold directly from the field or where the 

 planting has been very close. 



The boards are placed along each side of 

 the row, the outside leaves of the plants 

 being lifted so that they are raised towards 

 the sunlight. The tops of the boards are 

 generally 3 or 4 inches apart, the bottom of 



Single and double moldboard celery hillers (one 

 horse type). 



the boards being slightly further separated. 

 The boards are held together with stakes on 

 the outside or wire clamps across the top. 

 They may be entirely held by the stakes out- 

 side. If the rows are 18 inches apart, the 

 plants 4 inches apart in the row, it will re- 

 quire 65,000 square feet of lumber to blanch 

 an acre; if the rows are 3 feet apart and 



