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found to yield as liberal a crop and finer squashes than the 

 old system of three or four to the hill. 



The yield of onion seed to the barrel of seed onions varies 

 greatly; indeed, no investments near the seaboard prove 

 more speculative. The maggot sometimes proves very de- 

 structive, so much so that the crop will not average half a 

 pound to the barrel, while under very favoring circumstances 

 crops have been raised which average eighteen pounds to the 

 barrel. 



When the seed is fully dry, (and seed that has been sunk 

 should have a long exposure to the air and frequent stirrings ; 

 I have known large lots spoilt from want of care in this), it 

 should be so stored as to be safe from all injury from cats and 

 other animals, who are apt to resort to it, to the utter de- 

 struction of its vitality. 



RAISING CARROTS WITH ONIONS. 



The plan of raising carrots with onions is considered a great 

 improvement by many who have adopted it, as the yield of 

 carrots is thought to be a clear gain, diminishing but little or 

 none the yield of onions. Carrots are planted in two ways ; 

 one by sowing them in drills between every other row of 

 onions, and the other, which is considered an improvement, 

 called the Long Island plan, by planting the onions in hills 

 from seven to eight inches from center to center, dropping 

 a number of seed in each hill, and from the first to the 

 twelfth of June planting the carrot seed, usually by hand, 

 between these hills in two rows, then skipping one, and thus 

 on through the piece. The onions as they are pulled are 

 thrown into every third row, the carrots being left to mature. 

 By this method from two hundred to six hundred bushels of 

 carrots are raised per acre in addition to the usual crop of 



