THE ONION 



verized sheep manure) and incorporate this 

 into the first two inches of soil before planting. 



The rows may be twelve to eighteen inches 

 apart and the seed covered one-fourth inch. 

 Sow the seed thickly and thin the young onions 

 out for table use until eventually the plants are 

 three to four inches apart in the row. 



Never allow the weeds to get a hold in the 

 onion bed. Cultivate as soon as the seedlings 

 appear and continue to stir the surface of the 

 soil one or two times each week until August. 

 One ounce of seed will sow one-hundred feet of 

 drill and the crop matures in from one hundred 

 and thirty to one hundred and fifty days after 

 planting the seed. 



If animal fertilizers are not available and 

 you wish to plant a space twenty by twenty 

 feet, apply along the rows before a rain, two 

 pounds sulphate of ammonia, four pounds 

 dried blood, two pounds cotton seed meal, 

 seven pounds acid phosphate and three pounds 

 muriate of potash. Make three or four appli- 

 cations, using very little each time. 



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