The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27
The Farm.
Farmers, Gardners, Horticuiturists,
Dairy and Stockmen are requested to
write for this Department.
celery RAISING on Large Scale.

| Gerald Hewlett furnishes the follow.
ing exhaustive article on raising Gel.
cry in answer to an enquiring CORES.
pondent in the Country Gentleman:
You cannot SOW celery as you can
turnips and onions. Prepare your
ground (seed-bed) thoroughly. dig in
well rotted manure, fork or spade deep,
rake off all Jumps; have marker with
wooden teeth, same as hay rake, or a
hay rake will make your marker. Set
a line at the end you wish to commence
sowing Oh; run the outside tooth along
this line, then your rows will all be
straight, and sink to about half an inch
deep; keep your marker straight-if
you run it at an angle you will end
with short rows, looking bad. Then
smooth over with back of rake, and clap
all firmly with back of spade. If you
have no spade use two boards, and
tramp on tn I'm; as one is finished, lift
and lay it close to the other (if not close
together you will have ridge between
them). Sow your seed for July plant.
ing first week in May. Get some U.
S. fibre cloth and lay it on top of seed
bed; this gives your seed quick start
ahead of weeds; when plants are above
ground remove it. When plants are
four inches high take sheep shears
and cut all off as close to the ground as
you can, when plants again grow to
same height, transplant into ordinary
garden soil, each plant three inches
apart; this we term dibbling them.
Have fibre cloth to cover them when,
and as you transplant them. After
you have transplanted five or six feet,
give all good watering. Such, in the
end, are the cheapest plants. You get
a mass of fine 6brous roots, and every
plant inserted in permanent quarters
will go ahead. Oryou can sow in drills
one foot apart, thinning out the plants
to two or three inches apart, when you
transplant you will have all tap roots,
the whole looking like miniature
parsnip or an overgrown radish.
Any regular scotsman in any city
will supply you seed. Ifyou wish sue
cess, avoid seed boxes in grocery stores,
which-like the Yorkshire mans razors
are mado to sell, not to grow. No
regular seedsmen is rich enough to
cheat you; or, in other words, to sell
poor seeds. Celery will not do we'll on
all kinds of land. A fibry yellow loan
is its favorite; if your mucky land is not
open, it will do. A compact black
peat, yellow or blue subsoil will answer
we'll. The ground must be level, or at
least rolling. When 1 say that celery
will almost thrive in pool of water,
you will understand me, when watering.
Plants must have their share; if grown
on side-hill, bottom ones would get all.
Two ounces of celery seed will give
you at least 1000 plants, the number
of plants you will require depending
on distance apart in the row-6 or II
inches-and the distance apart your
rows may be you can easily decide by
measuring.
Have your ground all ready for trans
planting about July 1st if for winter
and spring use; rows four feet apart
will answer, Use a heavy two-h
plow; run as straight as possible, as
nothing is to my eyes so unsightly as a
crooked drill; run twice in the one fur
row, mouldboard on each side-that is,
you throw from plow on each side;
shovel out loose soil. Again run plow
in subsoil. In this trench throw from
wagon-or better still, one.horse cart
four, inches of well.rotted manure; level
all with fork. put on this three inches
of soil; smooth or rake off with the end
of hoe-handle; make mark in the CEN
tire; the first pouring rain, transplant
(no market gardner must be afraid of
getting wet); drop plants six or twelve
inches apart, according to Iyour land
boys do this work; with an iron .shod
dibble plant them precisely as you do
cabbage. When planted, water; get
fibre cloth three feet wide; rip this in
the centre; lay this Is inch strip on top
of plants, with here and there along a