117 BUI^B 



^^' CROPS 



skin or covering must not be broken. If the 

 crop is uneven in size, as is quite apt to be the 

 case, sort them over, because one misshapen or 

 under-sized onion in a dozen, will materially 

 lessen the price received for the crop. There 

 are so many good vegetables on the market to- 

 day, that the consumer is growing finicky, and 

 wants only the best looking as well as the best 

 tasting. Be careful to give him what he wants, 

 and he wiU give you what you want — good 

 prices — ^in return. The sorter may be a very 

 simple contrivance, consisting of a rack or trough 

 with a slat bottom through which small onions 

 win drop. When raised to a convenient height 

 on a slant it is easy to work the bigger onions 

 over the end of the rack into boxes or baskets 

 below. 



Most farmers prefer to sell their onion crop 

 in the fall, because it is difficult to house it. 

 Mature onions will not stand freezing, unless 

 they can be kept frozen all winter and allowed 

 to thaw gradually in the spring. But this is a 

 risky process and often results in heavy loss. 

 They need a steady warm temperature, and 

 many store houses are heated to ensiu-e safety 

 from frost. 



It takes an ounce of onion seed for 150 feet 

 of drill, or from 3| to 5 pounds to the acre. 



