ONIONS 205 



Apply in furrow with onion seed at time of 

 planting. 



A New Remedy for Onion Smut is the use 



of one pint of formalin and 16 gallons of 

 water, applied to the onion seed when the 

 seed is sown with the seed drill, using the 

 mixture at the rate of 200 gallons per acre. 

 The best arrangement for applying seems to 



Small onion topper and screen. 



be that of constructing a small reservoir 

 just above and in the rear of the seed box of 

 the planter, arranging a tube from the base 

 of this reservoir and extending to the rear 

 of the plow opening the furrow. As the 

 seed drops back of the plow, a certain defin- 

 ite amount of the material is applied per 



