36 INTENSIVE FARMING 



favor the plants and prevent flagging. Weather 

 conditions should be taken advantage of as far 

 as possible. If the season is showery it should 

 be the aim to transplant to the field either in 

 the evening or just before a shower. In lo- 

 calities where natural conditions cannot be 

 readily taken advantage of at transplanting 

 time the plants should be severely pruned and 

 the roots puddled in order to insure the least 

 possible check to the plants. If the industry 

 is conducted on a small acreage it is often ad- 

 vantageous to install a sprinkler system for 

 starting the young plants, particularly if the 

 crop is in a rotation with others upon which the 

 sprinkler system of watering can be safely 

 used. 



If the crop is grown on an extensive scale 

 in a region where irrigation is essential to the 

 greatest success it will be found advisable to 

 provide facilities which will enable the water 

 to be supplied by means of ditches and furrows 

 between the rows rather than by the sprinkler 

 system. A large quantity of water can be ap- 

 plied within a given time and the foliage need 

 not be wet, a very important consideration in 

 the control of celery blight. It is much more 

 difficult to control celery blight during showery 

 weather than during dry weather. Any prac- 



