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each other ; and, instead of being small, they were larger than 

 I should suppose anybody would want for market, although 

 the large onions will sell best, after all, though they are not 

 so good. One of my neighbors directly across the ditch, on 

 the same sort of land, sowing his onions the same day, and 

 applj'ing the Stockbridge Fertilizer to his field, which I did 

 not, did not get a quarter as many as I did; and his were all 

 small. I could account for it in no other way except by the 

 special fertilizer that I applied for onions. There were some 

 eight hundred bushels. Of course Mr. Ware would say it 

 was only an ordinary crop of onions down in his section. 

 There were some rows saved for celery, which was not good 

 for much. It was pretty good the 1st of July ; but the 1st 

 of September it was not so good. I was only sorry that I 

 (did not sow onions on the whole field, because I have no 

 doubt that the onions grown on the same ground would have 

 netted me much more than the celery did. 



Question. Will you tell us what that special fertilizer 

 was that you used ? 



The Chatrman. I used sulphate of potash. 



Question. In what method ? 



The Chairman. It did not come along quick enough, so 

 that I could put it on when I prepared the ground : so I 

 sowed it immediately on the top of the ground. 



Question. No harrowing in at all ? 



The Chatriman. No harrowing in at all. 



Question. What quantity ? 



The Chaieman. One thousand pounds to the acre. I 

 have learned better than to expect to raise a large crop on 

 nothing. I can't do it. 



Question. What amount of seed did your neighbor 

 use? 



The Chaieman. He sowed the same kind of seed. I 

 got the seed for him. His was sown too thick, but not so 

 thick as the first of mine. The first quarter of an acre of 

 mine was a good deal thicker than the rest. I suppose if I 

 had not put on the potash, I should have had small onions. 

 I suppose every market-gardener, and every farmer, knows 

 that there is no better fertilizer for onions than wood-ashes. 

 Well, it is simply the potash that is the important thing for 

 the onions : therefore, as I said before, I endeavor to supply 



