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laborious task. The author saw the work 

 of one of these machines in various patches 

 and is justified in saying that, by using them 

 quite frequently, the growers are able to save 

 two finger weedings, it being necessary only 

 to go through the patch once and remove 

 but a few small weeds. Most of the weeds 

 removed by hand were of the large type. 



Weeding onions, mostly work of women, girls or boys. 



During the summer the onions will continue 

 to grow to large size. In the early fall the 

 tops will begin to lop over and the onions are 

 said to be maturing. 



Pulling. When the major part of the 

 stand has toppled over and is somewhat 

 matured, it is necessary to go through the 



