Show Asparnziu on Unmnnmcil SoiL In the last issue of Vicks Monthly Magazine attention is called to the re snarkable statement made at a late meeting meet-Ing of farmers in Boston and corroborated corrobo-rated by several asparagus growers The statement was that asparagus may be grown on unmanured soil On the asparagus aspar-agus ground of Messrs Coolidge Joshua and John who grow some of the best asparagus that goes to the Boston market mar-ket no manure at all has been used for at least ten years other than the tops and a liberal annual dressing of salt usually taken from pork or fish barrels People were long prevented from raising I this most excellent vegetable because of the preposterous requirementslaid by those who first wr te about it The fact is that j HlC most easily grown artdiciTillTSSin its requirements of any ten tle The chief requirements are tent arm fertile soil some shelter from winds and room enough for its Lof roots About four feet by two nea preferred distance apart A bed cstast a lifetime once planted and not j3d The growth and size of the Buts depend much on the full unin red growth of the tops after cutting eases about midJune when green peas come in Manure enables moro good sprouts to bo grown on less area and often tenderer but not richer |