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the stem where the bulb and stem join. I immediately made 

 inquiries among my trucker friends to try and find out what 

 this worm was. as I had never seen anything Hke it. They 

 could not enhghten me on the subject, but upon writing the 

 experiment station at Miami, Florida, I found out what it 

 was, also the remedy to check them. In the meantime they 

 had destroyed about half of my crop. The remedy which 

 the experimental people gave me was to apply kainit broad- 

 cast before planting, but, as my onions were already in the 

 field, this was impossible. As an experiment, I tried drilling 

 the kainit on each side of the rows in the part of the field 

 that was not afl^ected ; and I am thankful to say, the ex- 

 periment proved a complete success, for as soon as the in- 

 sects reached the rows to which I had applied the kainit 

 they stopped working. I have planted onions since, and al- 

 ways apply kainit as directed. I have advised many of my 

 friends who plant onions to try it and have yet to learn of 

 a case where it was not a complete success. 



Lay the land off in rows twelve inches apart; next, run 

 a wheel marker with plugs in the tire three or four inches 

 apart down these rows. For direction for making this 

 marker, see chapter on "How to Grow Four Crops to the 

 Acre." Now you are ready to start setting the plants, 

 which can be done as directed in the chapter on setting let- 

 tuce plants. It may be a good idea to add, if the plants are 

 very large, cut ofif the tops about two inches above the bud. 

 In ten days' time they are ready for cultivation. Do not 

 stir the ground too deep, as onions only require shallow 

 cultivation. 



It is a good idea to give the crop about three applications 

 of nitrate of soda fifteen days apart, using 150 pounds tO' 

 the acre each time. 



