| Show horticultural onions are easily grown where the proper methods are used the ground must be very rich as growth to ma turley should he rapid the land must be thoroughly pulverized and after ward kept free from seeds sow the aeed in rows eighteen inches apart and cover to a depth of one halt an inch it the soil is fine and compact when the plants are well up thin to three to five inches apart some advanced cul follow the plan of replanting all their onions selecting for that pur pose only those that show great vigor for watermelons the land should be thoroughly pulverized and well ma aured plant the seeds as soon as the danger ot frosts Is over one ol 01 the common ways of planting is to check off the ground eight feet each way dropping three or tour seeds in the center of each cheek when the plants have made a good growth and passed the critical periods of early growth they should be thinned to two vines to a hill keep the ground clear of weeds till the vines spread too much to per mit of cultivation for muskmelons prepare the ground the same as tor watermelons but make the squares in which they are planted four feet each way it is generally admitted that a cow will give and richer milk it al ways m aked by the same person but as it is manifestly sometimes and at others impracticable to comply with th s role it is believed by good dairymen that it is better to train a cow to be occasionally milked by a different person A cows be havior is largely a matter 0 habit and neither inconvenient nor bad habits should be encouraged |
