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THE NEW ONION CULTURE 



may, of course, be varied to suit the needs of the 

 grower. All the bins are made of slats, with spaces 

 between for free circulation of air. In rainy weather 

 the sides may be covered with canvas or adjustable 

 boards. 



Of course, the spaces between the bins should be 

 large enough for convenience in manipulation. When 

 the onions are well cured, and gathered when perfectly 

 dry, there is, however, very little risk in storing them 

 in a layer several feet thick on a barn floor or loft. 



Fig 35 — ^AN ONION CURING CRIB 



where thoroughly protected from moisture. Handle 

 and sort them over for market as convenient, and 

 certainly before there is danger of their freezing. 



Mr Henry Price, an extensive grower, has fur- 

 nished me description and plan of an onion curing 

 crib built by him recently. He says it is in reality 

 only a double corn crib. It is eighteen feet Avide and 

 eighty long, with a ten-foot driveway in the center 

 the whole length. This leaves the width of crib on 

 each side four feet ; its hight eight feet. The building 

 is lathed all around, inside and outside, similar to a 

 corn crib, as shown in Fig 35. Of course, it can be 

 put up to suit the notions, of the persons building it. 



