OF ONE ACRE. 
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are made from the tails or rootlets cut off in trimming 
the roots for grating, they should be cut off square 
at the top and sloping at the bottom, that you may 
readily know which end goes up when you plant 
them. The slips should be kept in a box of moist 
earth, in a cool cellar, after they have been trimmed, 
until planting time. The slips can be planted with 
a long trowel; but the best and quickest way is to 
drive a spade, full depth, into the soil, flatways with 
the garden line, move it slightly back and forward, 
to widen the hole, and slip a piece of root down each 
side of the cut made by the spade, which will make 
them six or seven inches apart; the spade should 
then be driven in about one inch back of its previous 
position and the handle pressed forward, which will 
pack the dirt solidly against the planted roots, the 
tops of which should be placed about one inch under 
the surface. Where it is desired to increase the sup¬ 
ply as fast as possible, and where the roots have been 
used at home, the crowns or tops, with an inch or so 
of root adhering, can he planted again, but they will 
not make long, smooth roots, like the slips, but will 
have a tendency to make several small roots. 
HOPS. 
At the end of one of the berry rows, or in some 
corner where they will be out of the way of the plow, 
there should be a few poles of hops. These are grown 
from pieces of root, and after being once planted will 
not need further attention except to be kept clear of 
weeds and grass, to be supplied with a good top- 
