The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . FINGER WEEDEE. does better work. Perhaps it depends some-what on the condition in which the soil hap-pens to be. Either one, however, is a perfectlyreliable tool for the purpose. There may beothers nearly as good. This weeder was intro-duced bv J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. CULTIVATION. 39 Whatever wheel-hoe you have at your com-mand, use it thoroughly and frequently. Assoon as there is the least sign of a crust overthe surface, start the wheel-hoe without mulc
The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . FINGER WEEDEE. does better work. Perhaps it depends some-what on the condition in which the soil hap-pens to be. Either one, however, is a perfectlyreliable tool for the purpose. There may beothers nearly as good. This weeder was intro-duced bv J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. CULTIVATION. 39 Whatever wheel-hoe you have at your com-mand, use it thoroughly and frequently. Assoon as there is the least sign of a crust overthe surface, start the wheel-hoe without mulch of loose soil should be kept on theground all the time. Running a wheel-hoe is not heavy average boy will rather enjoy it. Gerold. PLAXET .IR. DOUBLE HOE. needed no particular coaxing to do the job atproper season, and to do it well. In reality itis probably the least tiresome work in thewhole business. An acre can be gone over byone person, even a boy, inside of one day. As the season advances, I also occasionallylike to use a wheel-hoe or cultivator betweenthe rows. For this operation the Planet Jr. 40 NEW ONION culture; single-wheel hoe (with cultivator teeth) is myfirst choice. Is no hand weeding to be done at all ? youmay ask me. That depends. If the soil is of a weedycharacter, or the patch is neglected for anylength of time, we may find considerable work—and disa,<2:reeable work—to do onw^edine hands and knees. With timely at-tention little is needed, and thatlittle can be done very eflectively by means of
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