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GARDEN YARD 
A good crop for an average farmer is from 300 
to 400 bushels per acre, but an average crop 
for a good farmer is 600 to 800 bushels per 
acre; and some have grown as high as 1100 
bushels to the acre. You can choose your 
own class. 
The root maggot is the worst enemy the 
onion has, and there is no really successful 
method of fighting it. Infested land should 
be used for other crops that the root maggot 
will not feed upon, until he is starved out. 
Rust and smut which also affect onions, may be 
practically cut out, or at least-held in check, by 
the use of Bordeaux mixture, but rotation is 
the best remedy for smut. 
