232 MUCK CROPS 



Planting. From 1 8 to 45 pounds of seed 

 are needed to sow an acre. About 25 pounds 

 is a good seeding. The rows are from 9 to 

 12 inches apart. Very few growers plant 

 nearer than 9 inches, while average rows are 

 about 12 inches. The seed can be sown with 

 any good seed drill. The drill is set to sow 

 the seed about an inch deep. 



Spinach just beginning to grow. 



Fertilizer. If spinach follows a crop of 

 celery either the same year or the following, 

 no fertilizer is needed to obtain a good yield. 

 The same may be said of any other heavily 

 fertilized crop preceding spina,ch. Where 

 little or no fertilizer has been used on the 

 crop previous, a small application of ferti- 



