RErORTS. 



REPORT ON ONIONS. 



To the Secretary of the Hampshire Agricultural Society : 



The soil on which the onions grew was a heavy loam, having pro- 

 duced onions since 1892 and received a light dressing of manure each 

 year. 



The land was plowed in October to a depth of five inches, barnyard 

 manure was applied in the winter at the rate of fifteen loads per acre, 

 also 800 lbs. E. Frank Coe's " Gold Brand " Fertilizer applied broad- 

 cast, just before planting. The soil was made fine and sowed the latter 

 part of April with Yellow Globe seed, four pounds being applied to the 

 acre. Sept. 29, the onions from one rod, that was selected by your 

 committee, were cut and weighed with the following results : 

 Total weight on rod 228 lbs. or 701 bush, and 29 lbs. per acre. 

 Credit by 701.V bush, large onions at 56c. $392 84 



Cost of cultivation and carting, $60 00 



manure and application, 22 50 



fertilizer, 800 lbs., 14 40 



seed, 4 lb., 5 40 



102 30 



Profit, $290 54 



F. 0. Williams. 



The land on which my onions were raised this year was land on which 

 tobacco had been raised eight years. The land had been fertilized for 

 that time with 1 ton of cotton seed meal and 500 lbs. sulphate of potash 

 per acre. In the fall of 1896 I plowed the land intended for onions and 

 sowed rye and this spring of 1897 I plowed the rye under about 7 inches 

 deep and fertilized the half-acre with 1500 lbs. of Stockbridge onion 

 fertilizer sowed broadcast and thoroughly pulverized with horse tools and 

 hand rake. 1 sowed my rows 14 inches apart. The seed I used was 

 Ross Bros, best pedigreed Yellow Globe Danvers and used at the rate 

 of 6 lbs. per acre. On June 9th the Connecticut river overflowed my 

 piece about 3 ft. deep, as soon as the water went off I sowed on 700 lbs. 

 more Stockbridge onion manure which helped wonderfully in restoring 



