REPORT ON ONIONS. 



My piece had Onions on it in '85, '86 and '87 with a ton of 

 Bradl6ys XL Superphosphate and anywhere from twenty-five to 

 fifty bushels of ashes yearly. In the Fall of '87 I plowed in five 

 cords of stable manure and in the Spring of '88 sowed broadcast 

 1100 lbs of Bradleys XL and forty bushels of ashes. The ashes we 

 use on our onions are picked up by ourselves whereevera man has 

 a few to sell. Our onions were sowed April 27th to April 30th 

 inclusive, variety "Yellow Globe Danvers;" they were hand 

 weeded four times, cultivated with hand cultivator eight times ; 

 began harvesting by taking off ten bushels August 29th, finished 

 October 18th. My piece contains 143 square rods, and the yield 

 688 bushels of sound onions, a yield of 770 bushels per acre. 



Respectfully submitted by 



F. E. LooMis. 



