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acres, aud then put a like amount on one acre, and it 

 will be necessary to have some way of supplying 

 moisture. Some system of irrigation is usually neces- 

 sary. 



This method, although it has many warm advocates, 

 has not been tested sufficiently to be recommended 

 without reservation. It has met with sufficient suc- 

 cess to warrant thorough trials. The work up to the 

 time of setting out is the same as for the old method, 

 except in regard to the fertilizer. In marking. out the 

 land, make checks from 7x7 to 10x10 inches, accord- 

 ing to the size of the variety. It must be borne in 

 mind that the foliage must be dense enough to shut 

 out the light as early as the stalks are large enough to 

 market. As soon as the plants shade the ground com- 

 pletely, the work is done ; there is no hilling up except 

 around the outside row. 



By planting successively from the earliest to the 

 latest varieties, we cm have the crop come in during 

 the entire market time, and bank only the outside row 

 of the entire field. 



The ordinary method furnishes about 20,000 plants 

 to the acre ; this new method, nearly or quite 150,000. 

 Mr. T. Greiner, quoted above, in his "Celery for 

 Profit," makes a comparison of the two methods. He 

 finds the expenses for raising aud marketing one acre 

 by the old method, is $260 ; that of the new process, 

 $920. These figures are about as low as they can be 

 put ; for the South, we must add something for addi- 

 tional cost of fertilizer and for transportation ; but on 

 the other hand, our laud is cheaper, and possibly the 

 labor and plants are cheaper. Now for the profits : 

 On the acre under the ordinary cultivation, it was 

 $190; on the acre by the new culture, it was $1,180. 

 The estimate seems entirely fair ; the celery is esti- 



