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he took in a boarder. He told me one day that he thought 

 things would go better now as they got $10 a month from the 

 boarder. "Huey," I said, "there is not much profit in boarding 

 a man at $10." "Well," he said, "I reckon the board ain't 

 worth much more." 



A Member. Do you have access to all the stable manure 

 that you want? 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, I Avouldn't say that we get all that we 

 want, but we are in some ways very fortunate about that; we 

 are right in the center of the anthracite coal region, and we get 

 plenty of mine manure from the mules used in the mines, and 

 that makes ideal soil for our work. We have a contract with 

 some of the mining companies there to take all the manure that 

 certain mines will furnish. 



A Member. When do you begin to market this early 

 celery? 



Mr. Garrahan. The latter part of July or the 1st of 

 August. 



A Member. What kind of a hiller do you use? 



Mr. Garrahan. W^e use two. We have what is known as a 

 Bonnie Banker, which was invented by Walter Bonnie of 

 Batavia, New York, and is used on muck soil; it is a two-horse 

 hiller that sweeps on each side. The other is the Bank Junior 

 one-horse hiller. 



A Member. Is the two-horse hiller more effective than a 

 Bank hiller? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, but you have to have your rows a 

 little further apart. 



A Member. How far? 



Mr. Garrahan. With a two-horse Banker you ought to 

 have rows at least 4 feet apart. 



A Member. When do you begin to harvest that celery for 

 the winter crop? 



Mr. Garrahan. Put it away for winter, you mean? 



A Member. Yes. 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, that depends on the weather a good 

 deal — along about the 1st of November or the last week in 

 October. 



