The new rhubarb culture; a complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, how to prepare and use rhubarb . )rove a splendid ad-vertisement for the grower. A Good Plan for forcing in the early spring althoughsomewhat more expensive than the one of heaping upearth, is by use of frames made by driving stakes intothe ground each side of the row between every pair ofhills. These project three feet above ground, and leavetwo feet between the opposite rows of stakes. Slant thestakes one way a little so that they are only 15 inchesapart at top. Fasten the laths to the top of the stakes,. Forcing wi
The new rhubarb culture; a complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, how to prepare and use rhubarb . )rove a splendid ad-vertisement for the grower. A Good Plan for forcing in the early spring althoughsomewhat more expensive than the one of heaping upearth, is by use of frames made by driving stakes intothe ground each side of the row between every pair ofhills. These project three feet above ground, and leavetwo feet between the opposite rows of stakes. Slant thestakes one way a little so that they are only 15 inchesapart at top. Fasten the laths to the top of the stakes,. Forcing with Liquid Manure. and also along the sides. Then cover the frame all overwith fresh, strawy stable manure, making a layer aboutone and one-half feet thick. Inside the frame the temper-ature will be quite high, sometimes 60 degrees or it rises too high, holes may be made through the top ofthe frame for ventilation. This plan will force the rhu-barb almost as well as a hotbed and does not requiretransplanting the plants. It does not permanently weak-en the plants as it does to put them in greenhouse fore- 88 THE NEW RHUBARB CULTURE. iiig beds. Tlie growth of tlie plant may be considerablyhastened by a sini])le covering six inches deep of light,strawy manure, taking care not to cover them so deeplyas to cause the plants to decay. It sometimes happensthat a gain of a few days in supplying the local marketwill increase the total receipts from the rhubarb planta-tion l)y one-third. The price will sometimes drop withina week from 10 cents per pound at retail to three orfour
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