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ONIONS FOR PROFIT. 



the rows. It is true, as said before, that onions bear con- 

 siderable crowding. Yet this should not be overdone. I 

 believe in judicious thinning ; and there are often so many 



Fig. 27, 



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Lang's Weeder in Use. 



plants that thinning is absolutely needed to prevent an un- 

 reasonably large number of the onions being too small to 

 sell well. At'^the second weeding, therefore, I have plants 



Fig. 28. 



Table Knife as Weeder. 



pulled up where they stand closer together than one to the 

 inch of row. Better do this, and secure a more uniform 

 and good size of the bulbs. 



