BULB 
17 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 will 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 
will 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 ensure safety 
from frost. 
It takes an ounce of onion seed for 150 feet 
of drill, or from 34 to 5 pounds to the acre. 
