The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
TIE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
AN IMPROVED PLAN FOR WINTER
ING CELERY. -.-'.
Described by a Farmer Who Proved
Its Success-Shipping Live Poultry
Possibilities of Farming-A Good
Hayracl<-A Convenient Poultry
House.

MT. refer HENDERSON once gave the
following advice about wintering eel
cry: lift the celery from where it has
been growing, when not to wet and
when not frozen, with whatever earth
conveniently adher:s. Stow away in
an upright position compactly, but
without bruising or squeezing too tight
ly, in trench just as deep as the cele-
~ is high and not more than 10 inches
wide. Cover with clean litter of any
kind, very lightly at first, gradually in
creasil.g until a foot or so (but do not
let the celery freeze after being gath
eretD of litter is placed on the celery
for the coolest weather." Any dry or
bad leaves must of course be removed
before putting the celery into winter
quarters. The ground n ust be as dry
as possible-a breakwater may be nee
eccary. A correspondent in Country
Gentleman tells that his first successful
attempt to winter celery was when he
followed this advice, which he COM
ments upon thus:
Good as these directions Of Mr.. Hen
derson are, I found trouble from the
inroads Of the mice, and from the rain
and snow being too heavy as to wet
through the mass sometimes and press
too heavily upon it, thus causing rot
ting I prevent these things by max
ing a roof of boards Cheap hemlock)
like this A. This roof I rest upon
strips Of wood, say, 2 inches thick, laid
crcssWise above two boards running
lengthwise of the trench and close up
| to the edges Of it. Inside of and under
| the boards I put covering OF only
| inches, but am careful to put enough
on outside not forgetting to put good
| depth of covering on the ground to
| great enough distance from the base OF
| the bottom boards and at the ends to
| prevent the frost getting in horizontal
ly. The roofs I have just described
| could be placed on small posts.
! My idea of having only slight coy
| ering, or even none at all, under the
roof is to keep the mice in the litter
(Which is mostly inside of the boards)
as much as possible away from the eel
| ery. However, if celery has got to be
! got out from the trench in very cold
| weather, it will be better to- have a
| number Of short trenches that Will
hold enough celery to last for, say,
only two takings out or to pack a lit
ter under the boards for about three
| feet back from the opening each Tune
| after takingl out some celery. ms
will prevent freezing way back along
the line of the trench. This packing
car be done very rapidly, even before
any celery is taken out, each time by
running the packing in by means OF
a stick. The roof keeps away too much
wet and prevents any wight from press
ing on the celery, for squeezing it is
in furious. When the roof is placed on
strips separating it from the bottom on!
boards, it is SO as to admit slight clr-
culation Of all.
Before closing I wish to call atten,
ton to one point more, and that is that
if the earth is mellowed in the trenon
before placing the celery in it the Gel
cry begins to take root more quickly
Tic reason why the celery, keeps SO
we'll in such & trench (and blanches) Is
that it grows, and growing in the dark
it grows white. The trench must not
be wider than 10 inches, because cei,
ery is of such a nature that it heats II
put up in too great mass