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crop and pull the onions from the soil, laying 

 the onions in rows. The onions are then 

 placed in a position where the tops will have 

 an opportunity to dry and the necks to grow 

 small and the onions become fully mature. 

 They are said, in this condition to be drying. 



Onions after being "pulled" waiting to be dried and 



topped. The onions will be topped with sheep 



shears as they lay. 



Topping. If the onions are to be topped 

 by hand, it would be necessary, if the sheep 

 shears were to be used, to lay the onions so 

 that the butts were together and the tops 

 out. That is, if four rows of onions were to 

 be pulled, two rows would be pulled from 

 one side and the tops laid towards the left, 

 and two rows would be pulled on the other 

 side and the tops laid toward the right. The 



