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is the best ; we think ours is. I shouldn't think at all of sowing 

 carrots with onions. 



In regard to fertilizers, I will say that I have applied flour of 

 bone to onions. Besides the double-hoppered machine that I 

 spoke of for planting seed and fertilizer together, I have another 

 that distributes the fertilizer directly on the row, after the plants 

 have come up, as I thought a little additional nursing just at 

 that time might oftentimes be beneficial. I have applied the 

 flour of bone to onions in both these ways ; and in order to 

 experiment with anything, I think it is absolutely necessary to 

 use it on part of a piece of land and cultivate another part with- 

 out it ; and if there is value in the fertilizer applied, you will 

 see it in that way. I have tried this flour of bone on that plan, 

 and I am very sorry to say I have been sadly disappointed, for 

 my hopes were raised very high. I had read the advertisements 

 of the agents of that fertilizer, and had received their books of 

 certificates from men who are practical farmers, men whose 

 authority should stand high, and I used the fertilizer with high 

 expectations, but I must say I have been sadly disappointed. 

 I believe that Peruvian guano is valuable, but when it comes to 

 be valued at $120 a ton by the dealers, I don't believe that any 

 Essex County farmer can afford to buy it. I have used the 

 " ammoniated Pacific guano." This guano, in its natural con- 

 dition, lacks the ammonia, I understand, and the agent of the 

 company which supply the article, presented me with their book 

 of certificates, and also with a bag of their " ammoniated Pacific 

 guano." They say that the ammonia is added in just exactly 

 the proportions to meet the wants of all sorts of vegetables, and 

 to make the barren field bloom and blossom as the rose. I 

 received that bag of " ammoniated Pacific guano," confidingly, 

 and with high hopes. One of the gentlemen of that firm was 

 present at the time of my application ; — and, by the way, he 

 told me it was specially adapted to the turnip crop. At that 

 time, I had sown my crop of turnips, and they were just out of 

 the ground, and he wanted me to apply this fertilizer to the 

 turnips and see what the result would be. I did so. I took 

 him out to show him my method of application. I showed him 

 my little implement, that dropped the guano along directly on 

 the row — each row just such a quantity as I thought necessary, 

 neither more nor less, and I asked him if he thought that was 

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