La nouvelle culture de la rhubarbe ; le guide complet de la force sombre et le champ de la culture, la façon de préparer et d'utiliser la rhubarbe . Reconnaissances de techniques de forçage. 89 terre sur les collines, aidera aussi grandement à étouffer les mauvaises herbes-ing, outre le fait d'avoir beaucoup d'fertilizingvalue et agissant comme un paillis. Il est de coutume avec beaucoup de jardiniers à placer la tête-moins de barils ou des boîtes sur les collines au printemps afin de forcer une croissance supplémentaire de manette. Par ce plan thestalks shoot up long et mince mais ne pèsent pas plus si on la laisse pousser dans leur façon naturelle. Ilssont plutôt plus tendre que tiges pas forcés, mais thep

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The new rhubarb culture; a complete guide to dark forcing and field culture, how to prepare and use rhubarb . IOUS FORCING METHODS. 89 earth about the hills, will also assist greatly in smother-ing the weeds, besides having considerable fertilizingvalue and acting as a partial mulch. It is customary with many gardeners to place head-less barrels or boxes over the hills in spring in orderto force an extra growth of stalk. By this plan thestalks shoot up long and slender but do not weigh morethan if left to grow in their natural manner. Theyare rather more tender than stalks not forced, but theprocess somewhat weakens the hill, and it is on thewhole not profitable. Portable Forcing House.—In his forcing book. Pro-fessor Bailey describes a unique plan for open field forc-ing by installing a system of surface steam pipes to becovered with a movable roof of muslin. In spring thecloth roof is removed. CHAPTER II. EXPERIENCE IN FIELD CULTURE. As a farm or market garden crop, rhubarb is grownin large tracts near many of the principal cities of theUnited States. Methods everywhere are quite similar.. Rhubarb Field in Jamaica, L. I. Immense quantities are brought to the markets ofGreater New York by New Jersey and Long Island farm gardeners. One of the most extensive growers is EXPERIENCE IN FIELD CULTUiiE. ^1 Abram A^an Sicklen of Jamaica, L. I., who devotes about12 acres to the crop besides 300 sash for cold forcing.One of his main fiekls appears in the illustration. The plan of management is as simple and inex-pensive as possible. Plants obtained by division of oldhills are set -ii/o x 2 i/o feet. The soil is light clay loamand is well manured before plowing. Cultivation l)eginsearly in spring, is repeated as often as the ground getshard or weeds appear, and continued until plants beginto die down in autumn. Manure is plowed in each falland sometimes a dose of ready mixed commercial ferti-lizer is applied iu the spring. Stalks are pulled onlyonce each season, but the har

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