The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . PLANET .TR. SINGLE WHEEL HOE. the Langs s hand weeder, or of a kitchen knifethe blade of which is bent in the shape of acurve, and sharj)ened on both sides. The waythe hand weeder is used is shown opposite. WEED KILLING. 41 A most excellent tool for taking out theweeds in the rows from between the plants, canbe easily made from an pld worn-out hoe. Cut the blade downas shown on next page, leav-ing the lower part (between the corners) onlyabout 2 or 2^ inches wide. With this sh
The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . PLANET .TR. SINGLE WHEEL HOE. the Langs s hand weeder, or of a kitchen knifethe blade of which is bent in the shape of acurve, and sharj)ened on both sides. The waythe hand weeder is used is shown opposite. WEED KILLING. 41 A most excellent tool for taking out theweeds in the rows from between the plants, canbe easily made from an pld worn-out hoe. Cut the blade downas shown on next page, leav-ing the lower part (between the corners) onlyabout 2 or 2^ inches wide. With this sharp- Home-made Onion LANG S HAND WEEDER IN USE. cornered tool you can strike between theplants, cutting out the weeds, and looseningthe soil. This manipulation, and the free useof the wheel-hoe, will usually be all the culti-vation needed. But the hand which wieldsthe sharpened hoe should be a careful one, andbe guided by a head possessing a fair degreeof intelligence. Is nitrate of soda a factor in this after-cul-tivation ? 42 NEW ONION CULTURE. Nitrateof Sodai Of course I use it, and I would hardly wishto be onion an grower if I had to do without plants are hardly in the ground,when I begin with a dressing ofabout 75 pounds per acre of nitrateof soda, sown broadcast in the same way aswheat is sown. These dressings are repeated about every tendays until along in July. Mr. Joseph Harris
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