The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-01

so that the soil Will not become too
dry, neither must 1t be kept too wet
nor too warm. because too wet or too
warm will cause the plants to damp
off. After the plants have their sec
ond or third leaves they will be large
enough to transplant, and should be
planted into we'll enriched soil, either
in cold frame or fat boxes. These
small plants must be handled with
care and should be protected from the
rays of the sun for few days. until
they take new root. AS the time ap-
proaches for transplanting into the
field. they should gradually be harden
ed off by more exposure to the sun,
and free ventilation. This final
transplanting may be done when the
plants are from 2 to inches tall, and
In muck land. In q wet season this Is
done when they are much smaller.
PREPARING THE SOIL.
In upland or kitchen garden make
furrow 8 or 10 inches deep; put in,a
good supply of well rotted barnyard
manure, mix we'll with soil. cover
slightly with, soil and 1t is ready to
plant after a good rain. In muck
land put heavy coat of manure on
the land and plow down. after which
prepare with harrow and boat. But
in most cases manure is too scarce to
use In this way; then the land is pre-
pared as above without the manure.
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made. into which good supply of fine
manure is put and afterwards covered
and frmed with boat In order to hold
the moisture.
For early celery when boards are to
be used for bleaching. the rows are
put to 3h feet APART; and where
ground Is to be used, rows are put S
feet apart and or AZ feet where 1t is
to be trenched.
A stake of some kind should be put
at each end of the furrow thus made.
SO that the row will not be lost at
planting time.
| For late celery. seed-beds are pre-
pared about the same way as in green
house, and the seed is sown from the
first to the fifteenth of April. After
the plants appear above the ground
1t usually occurs that a good supply OF
weeds have also appeared, they must
be speedily and carefully removed in
order TO save the tiny celery plants.
In former years these plants were
transplanted into beds. same as for
early celery; but of late years it was
deemed unnecessary work, and conse-
quently very little of this work is
done at present.
FIELD PLANTING.
Field planting begins about May
first to 18th and ends July 18th to
August first.
Persons visiting celery gardens
nearly all raise this question, How do
Iyou get your rows so Hnice and
straight" 1t is done in this way:
The land havinb been previously pre-
pared as above stated and everything
is in readiness for planting; line is
stretched across the field and fastened
to the stakes marking the row.
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to fasten line, only so 1t is set in iti
proper place. The line must be thrown
straight and well stretched.
Use is then made of a roller made
of wood or some old band-wheel fast
ened to a frame. on the order Of q
wheelbarrow.
The wheel should have heavy wires
fastened across it's rim to mark the
spaces between the plants. which Is
or inches. The wheel is set on the
line and carefully run from one enc
to the other: remove the line and al
impression will be left for both the
row and the space between plants.
Soon after planting weeds will ap
, pear, which must not be allowed Il
grow unmolested. Most of these ar
, destroyed by the use of hand whee
, hoe, and some by hand wedding Aft
er the wedding Is well done and tn,
, celery is little larger 1t is then cult
waited with horse cultivator: this il
, repeated at least once a week. An!
| ground or clods that may have beer
' worked up too close or covered tn,
, leaves. is removed by the use of ;
J garden rake. raking both sides of tn
row, after each cultivation, until th
plants are about or inches tall
/ Cultivating is continued until 1t 1
t ready for either bleaching or trench
ing.
{ BLEACHING-The work of bleach
. ing Is done as follows: 1st. For yer.
early. boards about IL inches wide ar
1 set up to both sides of the row as clos
as possible and are held in position b.
4 means of stakes made for the purpose
I End For medium early 1t is done b
drawing the ground up to the sides o
r the row by means of a horse hitler;
9 large hoe-shaped scraper is used I
finish the work of hilling. 3rd. b
v setting it into trench to cover 70
t winter use.
t Many people have mistaken idea 4
o regard to the bleaching process; think