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ONIONS MAKING SURE OF THE CROP 



'\17'HERE conditions of soil and season are favorable 

 * the seedlings will be four to six inches tall within 

 six weeks after seeds are sown. They should then be 

 thinned to stand four inches apart in the row and the soil 

 should be thoroughly stirred between them. 



The seedlings that are pulled out should be saved 

 and the sturdiest transplanted into rows that are now 

 bare, after bearing other crops. Cut back the tops to 

 within three inches of base and set seedlings about three 

 to four inches apart, being sure to first thoroughly water 

 the bottom of each furrow. 



After every subsequent weeding, which will be necessary 

 about every other week, apply a complete fertilizer or 

 wood ashes along each row, right next to the plants. Two 

 handfuls to every fifteen feet of row will be about right 

 and this should be kept up until middle of August. Do 

 not hill onion rows. The nature of the plant requires 

 that the bulbs expand partly above the ground. 



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