1466 Tur VeceraBLe Inpustry In New Yorx State 
On my late crop I use about one ton of high-grade fertilizer 
4-7-10, sowing one-half ton before planting, ard working it well 
into the land; and sowing the other half ton as a side dressing in 
two applications on each side of the row, using care not to get any 
of the fertilizer on the plant. It will burn the foliage and if it 
gets down into the plant will spot and rot the stalks. Keep the 
cultivator in action from the time the celery is planted in the field. 
Fie. 450.— State Ditcu ar Sovurn Lima, N. Y. Crtery Layxp on 
EITHER SIDE 
COST OF GROWING CROPS 
It costs about $375 to grow, harvest and ship an acre of early 
celery. The sale per acre for early celery will run from about 
$700 to $1,200, according to market conditions when harvested. 
The cost of growing, harvesting and shipping an acre of late 
celery is about $150. The average yield per acre is about 200 
crates. Prices paid for the fall crop in 1913 ran from $1.25 to 
$2.00 per crate, while prices paid in the fall of 1914 ran from 
-75 to $1.35 per crate. There is not much money in late celery 
for the grower when such prices as paid in 1914 have to be 
accepted for the crop. 
