72 ONIONS FOR PROFIT. 



People who grow onions by acres will need considerable 

 storage room, and may find it necessary to put up special 

 curing sheds or cribs. These can be arranged somewhat 

 on the plan of the curing shed shown in Fig. 34. 



This is built like a double corn-crib. Ordinary rough 

 posts, firmly set into the ground, may serve as fiame. 

 Divide the storage rooms on each side into shelves, so that 

 you can get the largest possible quantity spread out in 

 layers not over twelve or eighteen inches deep, with plenty 

 of air circulating through and between the layers. There 



Fig. 34. 



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Onion Curing Shku. 



should be a driveway clear through the centre of the shed 

 lengthwise. This will facilitate unloading, and loading 

 again when required. 



To be on the safe side, the crop should be gathered and 

 housed just as soon as it is in proper condition. Not a day 

 should be lost after the bulbs are well cured and dry. 

 When it gets to be late in the season, and a long wet spell 

 is threatening, we had better house the crop anyway, and 

 depend on its curing in thin layers on a dry barn or shed 

 floor. 



