The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . 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 har
The new onion culture; a story for young and old, which tells how to grow 2,000 bushels of fine bulbs on one acre .. . 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. A GOOD ONION HOE. thinks the whole application might be madeearly in the season all at once, say at the rateof 500 to 750 pounds per acre, but I am toochoice with the costly nitrogen, and prefer toapply as stated—in five or six applications,requiring in the aggregate from 375 to 450pounds per acre. The apjplication can be madeat almost any time, rain or shine. FIFTH CHAPTER. A TIMELY PULL AND HAUL. WHEN AND HOW TO HAEYEST THE CROP. NTOW we come to an important point in our undertaking. A little neglect in pulling and hauling may result in great damage, if not ruin to the crop, I know whereof I speak. When grown by the new method, Danger ^^-^^ onions mature several weeksm Delay-earlier than they would if grown in the old way. If the mature bulbs are left in the ground, especially if ripened somewhat prematurely by a dry spell in July and August, and a long period of rain should follow as- sometimes happens—and it happened the past season—growth will be renewed; and we might just
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