WHAT MANURE TO USE 1/ 



if they fail to make a thrifty succulent growth. These 

 appHcations of chemical manures, especially phosphate 

 and potash, I believe are always safe and will seldom 

 fail to show good results. Yet I do not wish to be 

 understood as asserting that good onion crops cannot 

 be grown without them. I have seen and grown ex- 

 cellent crops of fine solid bulbs on good soil manured 

 only with common barnyard or stockyard manure. 



All sorts of domestic manures come acceptable for 

 onion growing — horse manure, cow manure, hog 



Fig 14 — DISK HARROW OR PULVERIZER 



manure, sheep manure, poultry manure — or all sorts 

 of mixtures and composts, the finer the better. Poultry 

 manure is most excellent for onions, and there is no 

 need of being afraid of it. My way of managing it is 

 to scatter some dry soil, muck or sifted coal ashes 

 under the perches from time to time. Thus I obtain 

 a fine, dry, rich compost, and I would not hesitate to 

 put this inch-deep all over the ground if I could only 

 get enough of it for such a dressing. It brings the 

 onions every time. I usually apply it after the ground 

 is plowed in spring, mixing it with the surface soil by 

 thorough harrowing. 



Besides these manures I would use everything else 



