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Show ONION GROWINQ. ftTwok lotaeooi la II Twto tatoo) m Aoaowot wt ! rrteea. A tbaro will b much Intrraet In nlnn culture thla aaaon berane or hlKb price rrofr,f W. J. Oreen or lb tlata atntlon give raw blqta In tb Oblo Fertnw which bla eiparlenc lead nlm to think will b oaafuL pac doe not permit th raprodurtlon T ll hi advlcn, but a to cull th pr fnta.tr aaya: The onion plant doe aupt poaataa th pswar or many other plant of ting-Ing ting-Ing for fcxxl. It muat hav an abundant rond aupply near at band. Whether tha aoll la clay, aand or muck doe not mat-tar, mat-tar, provided U rood aupply la atiA-lent. atiA-lent. Kor ee or culture, however, muck aland flrat, aand aerond and clay third; banc th Drat named la nan-ally nan-ally cteoeeo. A aoll that endure drought la or court desirable, nut till da-pond da-pond largely upon location, with rm?-renr rm?-renr to tb underlying atrata. Tb I quantity or vegetabl tlber or bnruua prennt In th eoll ha marked effect alao. Tboea wbo rulllvat ouloua n muck land are apt to think that upland la not ultahl. but llltl patchea or good onion on-ion ground can b found upon nearly every fann. Min k, however, la ready rir onlotia aa anon a It I brought under un-der cultivation. It may need drain to lower Ih water table, and th natural nat-ural aurfai1 vegetation uiuat be thoroughly thor-oughly eulHlurd, but manor I ael-doui ael-doui needed, and aa a nil roni-entrated rertillaera will not do much good at Brat. Honietlnie lliu I tiaeful to correct cor-rect acidity and beaten dM-otnpoalllon, and a (aw year later wood aaliea, bou meal and auperphoapbat may ba helpful. help-ful. On the other band, upland aoll needa eperlal preparation befor It I aotta-bia aotta-bia for onloua. An old garden tpot may a newer vary well to begin with, but In any raee Iber muat b heavy dre-lug dre-lug of atabl manure each aeaaon. On land that haa been heavily manured In previous year on rn begin operation opera-tion lu th aprlng by early plowing and top dreealng with aa much tin manur aa can b worked Into tb aoll. but new land ought to have a very heavy coating coat-ing of manur plowed under In th aprlng and worked on aeaaon In eonie other crop. In th rail It ahould b manured heavily again and th manur plowed under. The neit aprlng top dree with One manure and work th eoll with cultivator cul-tivator aud barrow, but do not plow. Ity the addition of fifty loada or good uianttr each aeaaon and hair a ton or high grade commercial fertiliser on ought lo lie able to harreat from 000 to l.l) htiahela or onions per acre, wblch la about th same ss ran be don on muck, or coum muck I preferable to upland been ilea or greater ea In Working and becaua lea fertilise are required. |
