THE OLD AND THE NEW. 



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full crop. Now and then somebody claims that the old 

 method gives him nearly as big a yield as the new one. I 

 only wonder that it does not often give a much larger one. 

 When we set onions from four to six inches apart in the 



Fig. T3. 



Glimpse of Onion Field.— The Old Way. 



rows (and it seems hard work to make boys — and men, too, 

 — who wish to get over the ground at a good rate, set their 

 plants as close as desired and ordered) we should not 



Fig 14. 





Glimpse of Onion Field.— The New Way. 



look for more than half a crop. Even the largest varie- 

 ties (Prizetaker, Victoria, etc.) require not over three 

 inches space in the row, and ordinary kinds should not 

 be planted more than two inches apart. This point is of 



