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twice a day until the seeds have germinated, which will 

 require ten days, or mare. As soon as the seed germinate 

 remove the sacks and cover the beds with laths, so as to 

 make a half shade. The plants are slow growers, and con- 

 siderable time is required for them to get large enough to 

 transplant. As soon as they are about three inches high, 

 they should be pricked out and transplanted in beds about 

 three by four inches, and if the weather is warm they 

 should be shaded for several days after transplanting. 

 Care should be used in transplanting to the bed and field t<o 

 see that the roots are not set more than one inch deep, as 

 they are surface feeders and will not do well if set too deep. 

 Two weeks after the plants are transplanted, they are 

 ready for the field. 



Pebpaeatiow of Ground. 



Before setting a field in celery, about ten to fifteen two- 

 horse loads of stable manure per acre should be scattered 

 broadcast over the ground and turned under shallow with 

 a turning plow. Take a bull tongue and break the ground 

 to a depth of eight inches and harrow down well. Lay off 

 straight rows, with a scooter, thirty inches apart and sow 

 two thousand pounds per acre of good vegetable fertilizer, 

 and cover with two furrows. This should be done ten 

 days before setting. Just before setting, stir the fertilizer 

 well with a fine tooth harrow. When ready to set, 

 stretch a garden line over the furrow containing the fer- 

 tilizer, and take a roller eight inches long and about six 

 inches in diameter, with strips one-half by one-half nailed 

 every four inches. Run this roller over the garden line 

 and you have the impression of both the line and the strips. 



