20 ONIONS FOR PROFIT. 



State that with proper manuring the last crop thus grown 

 in succession on the same ground will usually be found 

 better than any preceding one. This may still be true in 

 some cases; but there are dangers lurking in the practice. 

 Fungous diseases of cultivated plants have multiplied at 

 a terrible rate in recent years. The onion blight is quite 

 apt to interfere if onions are grown in succession on the 

 same soil, and when it once has taken a foothold, it is 

 quite sure to attack and cut short the next onion crop. 

 As we have no means to fight and conquer it, the only 

 safety lies in running away from it by changing the loca- 

 tion of the onion patch at least every other year, and still 

 better every year. My experience has made me a firm 

 believer in the wisdom of strict rotation. 



