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MUCK CROPS 



A Good Celery Farm. The A. M. Todd 

 Company, own extensive muck areas in 

 Michigan, the total acreage being 2,100 acres, 

 about 1,000 of which are cleared, drained, 

 and under a high state of cultivation. An ex- 

 tensive system of open ditches has been es- 

 tablished the mains being 6 feet across at the 

 top and 4 to 5 feet deep. These divide the 



Late celery banked with muck. Notice the long 

 straight rows. 



tract into 8o-acre pieces, running 160 rods 

 long and 80 rods apart. Lateral ditches 3 

 feet wide at the top, i foot wide at the bot- 

 tom, and 3 feet deep, were cut every 10 rods, 

 also the long way. All this work was laid 

 out by drainage engineers and it is a pleasure 



