Show celery not easy vegetable to raise set in ground as early as soil Is right celery Is not one of the easy vegetables tor home gardeners plants started under glass or purchased for the early crop should be set in the ground as early as the soil Is in good workable condition they are spaced about six inches in the row rows are commonly at least three feet apart but if boards or paper are used tor blanching they may be much closer even as close as one foot celery requires for satisfactory growth a soil which Is rich in plant food and humus well supplied with moisture yet well drained rather light soli Is preferred blanching Is done by excluding light from the leaf stalks while the plants are still growing the late crop Is commonly banked with earth but since celery rots in hot weather under these conditions boards are commonly stood on edge close to the row on both sides and held in place by short stakes strips of building paper may be stretched between posts instead seed for the late crop Is sown in outdoor beds or in cold frames in april golden self blanching and easy blanching are standard varieties and are grown for both early and late crops but for tall and early winter use the home gardener may well grow emperor or giant pascal these do not blanch so easily but they are superior in quality forests help banners by soil productivity Alaba mas forestry work Is directed toward encouraging the landowner and his employees and tenants in making the best use of and the most profit from their timber lands said col page S bunker who directs the states reforestation program through contacts with timber tract owners in continuing his efforts among those owners to impress them with the benefits to be derived by conserving the forest lands it Is readily recalled that present day agriculture employs a great many systems methods and devices that have added enormously to the productivity of farm lands similarly practical forestry avails itself of the application of numerous principles of science management and business that result in much greater and quicker fields from the woodlands than accrue when the latter are neglected or abused forestry Is both a science and an art and the adoption of its principles by the owners of woodlands means profit instead of loss and the maintenance within the state of thousands of wood using plants together with the employment of tens of thousands of wage earners herbs are logical part of any farm program kierbs are a logical part of any garden program some of them are used for flavoring and some for decoration all are easily grown the list corn arises parsley anise dul and caraway of the parsnip family and sage sweet marjoram peppermint and lavender of the mint finally except for parsley the herbs of the parsnip group are available for their seed which Is used for flavoring the members of the mint group owe their usefulness to the aromatic oils their leaves contain sage and sweet marjoram are used in cooking meats and lavender as a means of scenting clothes presses peppermint leaves flavor sauces candy jellies and cooling drinks such as iced tea agricultural notes plant a less expensive crop than potatoes on the wireworm infested field early spring vegetables receive most attention from most gardeners more attention should be ghen to late vegetables liquid portion of the manure should be aed and returned to the field fifty per cent of the nitrogen Is in liquid use plenty of bedding to save this in auses where manure cannot be hauled at once it should be kept piled and moist mix horse and bittle manure to prevent heating and loss of nitrogen try some of the new peas this year there anro some de vegetables among them depend on reliable old stand bis for the miln crop while trying out the novelties for spraying of fruit trees at least throe applications are recommended one before the blossoms open the second immediately after the blossoms drop and the third one about three weeks later serious losses are probable unless all seed corn is tested before planting early reports reveal revere injury to corn intended for seed and eo handled that it would twe been excellent in ordinary seasons no si stern of farming can be adopted that will return to soils as much phosphate as crops remove says J L boatman of iowa state college sooner or later all soils will need applications of phosphate fertl alzere |