THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER 
deep, or nearly as deep, as the celery leaf, 
stalks are long; cases in which rubber boots 
have been packed are what I use. If the bot¬ 
toms are not water-tight I make them so by 
nailing battens over tbe cracks. I then bore 
three or four holes about four inches above 
the bottom. When the weather becomes so 
cold that I fear the celery will freeze (light 
frosts do not injure it), I loosen it with a 
spado, and take it up. leaving a small quan¬ 
tity of soil adhering to the roots of each plant, 
and place it in tho boxes as thickly as the 
plants can lie crowded together until the box 
is tilled, except a little in one corner. I then 
crowd a lioard down across the corner diagon¬ 
ally, so as to leave a space through w hich I can 
pour water without, wetting the celery. When 
thus tilled, place it in some dark cellar, where 
it will remain as near freezing as possible, 
and not freeze. Down the open corner pour a 
half pail of water, and do this sufficiently 
ofteu so that water shall be always in the 
bottom of the box; the boles bored iu the sides 
will prevent its rising high enough to come 
among the stalks, as this would cause them 
to rot. Celery is a low-laud plant, nud will 
thrive with its roots in the water, aud when 
taken out, as wanted, wilt be found to have 
made a large amount of new growth, and all 
will have become nicely bleached and tender. 
Try it, and when you see how little work it 
is, aud how splendidly it keeps, thank 
J. B. E. 
The Union Grain Drill, 
i WITH OR WITHOUT 
AbA FORCE FEED FERTILIZER 
WHEAT. 
PREPARING THE GROUND AND SOWING. 
The most important factors in successful 
winter wheat growing are the preparation of 
the soil and the sowing of the seed; the dif¬ 
ference between 10 or 12 bushels per acre and 
the bare cost of production, and 150 or 40 
bushels and a good profit, is mainly due to the 
manner in which these operations are per¬ 
formed. If sown a little too early, it is liable 
to injury by the Hessian Fly; if too late, by 
midge, or rust, and in any case by the frosts 
and winds of an unfavorable Winter. That 
method of fitting tho soil and sowing the 
seed is best, which best enables tho wheat to 
escape these daugers, aud to produce tho 
largest crop. Practically, the difference of a 
month in the time of sowing, makes very little 
difference iu tbe ripening; and tho liability to 
winter killing is largely dependent upon the 
depth at which the seed is sown. The requi¬ 
sites of success, then, are late sowing, shallow 
planting in a soil so prepared as to be little 
disturbed by Winter's frost, and rapid growth, 
development, aud maturity iu Spring. 
Thau tho ordinary practice of plowing and 
harrowing the soli, till it it Is pulverized to the 
full depth plowed, “as mellow as ashes,” caus¬ 
ing the Jrili teeth to run so deeply as to deposit 
tho seed thruo or more inches down, in a soil 
liable to run together, aud “hcavo” badly in 
Winter, and, on tho approach of dry weather 
in Spring.to become as “hard as a road,” noth¬ 
ing could bo more unphilcigophical, or mom 
surely result In failure. The better way, 
whether fitting summer-fallow or stubble- 
ground, i3 to plow once, or, at. most, but twice; 
the lost plowing to be done not less than t wo 
weeks—four would be better—before seeding, 
and the more it Is trodden down and com¬ 
pacted after plowing, the better; if done in 
harrowing, rolling and cultivating the sur¬ 
face; never more than two inches deep. The 
manure should bo reasonably fine, but whether 
fine or not, it should be spread on the surface, 
and worked intimately into the two inches of 
surface soil; if a heavy ruiu falls after the 
plowing and before the seeding, so much the 
better, as it still more Betties and firms the 
lower soil, and ussiats in dissolving and mix¬ 
ing the uianuro with the surface. If special 
fertilizers am to be used, a I letter wuy than to 
sow with the drill iu tho row' with the wheat, 
is to apply it broadcast, harrowing it in just 
before the seeding. 
On a soil thus prepared wheat uood not be 
sown until a week or ten days after tho or¬ 
dinary seeding time, thereby ensuring its 
escape from tho attacks of the Hessian 
Fly. In seeding, the drill should be so regu¬ 
lated thut no seed will be sown over one inch in 
depth; this secures rapid germination and the 
growth of nearly every kernel, and being so 
near the surface,insteadof being exhausted in 
the formation of stem to reach*light and air. 
the whole substauce of the kernel is devoted 
to tho formation of roots and top. The pres¬ 
ence of tho manure here, whilo rendering the 
soil porous and elastic, aud less subject to 
displacement by freezing, also induces a large 
grov. th of fibrous roots almost entirely 
iu this thin stratum of surface soil, which 
are carried with it when freezing, and 
are but little broken or injured. The pres¬ 
ence of the manure adds to tho porosity 
and prevents tho soil from running toge¬ 
ther into a solid mass during Winter 
by the freezing aud thawing, and insures a 
less compact and more friable soil la Spring. 
When Spring comes, with its gentle showers 
and warm sunshine, the plant* with unbroken 
roots, having the manure easily within their 
reach in the mellow soil, like a welt fed 
animal, hasten forward to rank-growth and 
early maturity, thus avoiding both the midge 
and rust aud insuring a large crop of the finest 
grain. A crop well sown is half grown. 
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FOR THE 
CHESS IS GRASS. 
It is queer that anybody should think that 
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on tbe ground, Chess will spring up and oc¬ 
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suited to its growth. T have seen Chess grow¬ 
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grasses, but it is not sufficiently rank to bo 
noticeable. 1 have a splendid crop of Chess 
this year, and it carnoiu this way:—the wheat 
stubble last year was turned over and sowed 
with turnips. Ou account of drought, the 
seed did not corno up, but the wheat did, and 
so the ground was left for another crop of 
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to bo fully ono-half Chess, tho combined crop 
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Thk methods mostly rccommonded for win¬ 
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