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large sorts are profitable for cattle, as some of the 

 mammotli tribe have been known to weigh upwards 

 of two hundred pounds each. The other kinds are 

 also very productive, and may be raised on any 

 waste land, provided it will admit of digging small 

 spots of the dimensions of one or two feet — every 

 ten or twelve feet — ^for the hills, and the residue of the 

 ground be unencumbered for the plants to run on. 

 They are generally raised on cultivated farms, 

 between hills of Indian corn, and may be planted in 

 the garden or open field, in February and March, in 

 hills eight or ten feet apart, with four seeds in each 

 hill. The finest quality of pumpkins are known to 

 make good pies, and may also, after being boiled, be 

 worked up with wheaten flour into bread, for which 

 purpose they are fully equal to Indian meal. 



Celery {Apium graveolens). — This vegetable, so 

 much esteemed as a salad, is known in its wild 

 state by the name of swallage. The seed for a 

 general crop may be sown the last week in 

 February, or early in March, in rich, mellow 

 ground. Some sow the seed broadcast, but the 

 plants will be much stouter if raised in drills. 

 The drills may be half an inch deep, and six inches 

 apart, so that a small hoe can be worked between 

 the rows ; and; if properly attended to, every ounce 



