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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
APRIL, 1916 
A NEW VOLUME BY 
Joseph 
Conrad 
Within the Tides 
Four Tales of the Seaboard 
“The Planter of Malata” 
“The Partner ”’ 
“The Inn of the Two Witches ” 
“Because of the Dollars” 
“Tn ‘Within the Tides’ Joseph Conrad has 
given us another volume of four enthralling 
tales: a tale of passion; a tale of crime; a tale 
of mystery and terror; a tale of horror and 
pity. It is difficult to analyze genius and to 
say just why these stories stand far above any 
other short stories now being produced. The 
supreme greatness seems not to lie in the plot. 
It is in the profound conception of character 
and the interplay of character and circumstance, 
the beauty, restraint and accuracy of expres- 
sion, that give Conrad the power to set forth 
passion as did Sappho in the second fragment, 
and to tell a tale of horror and pity such as 
the Greek tragedians might have told. ‘ En- 
thralling’ is the very word for Conrad’s tales, 
for once one begins to read one rarely lifts the 
eyes till with the last line one draws a long 
breath.” — New York Sun. 
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times. This is absolutely essential. (2) Keep 
the surface level; no hilling is required, but 
pulverize the surface to conserve all the moist- 
ure possible. (3) Special onion hoes, with 
extra wide side-guards, are made, and these are 
a great convemence. I would not attempt to 
get along without them. 
Make the work in your onion patch a sort of 
a continuous performance; do a few rows every 
day, or every week, as the size of the piece may 
require, and as soon as you get to the end, start 
all over again. This will be found much easier 
and safer than letting the whole thing go until 
it all demands attention at once. 
Directly after the first hand weeding, which 
should be given as soon as the little onion 
arches are well straightened up, give an appli- 
cation of nitrate of soda, twelve to twenty-five 
pounds to each eighth acre (or about 5,000 
square feet). Though this may seem like a 
very light dressing, it is sufficient. This dress- 
ing should be repeated two or three times dur- 
ing the season, the last before the tops have at- 
tained their full-size growth. The soda may be 
applied broadcast, preferably just before or just 
after a rain, or with a fertilizer drill. 
After the tops are fully grown it will be im- 
possible to get through them with the wheel 
hoe; a hand scuffle hoe must then be used. It 
is of the utmost importance to keep down all 
late weeds, not because of the injury they may 
do this piece but because of the danger of their 
leaving seed for next year’s crop of trouble, 
for onions are one of the few crops which may 
be grown over and over again successfully on 
the same ground, provided it is kept clean! 
After the tops break down, which in a nor- 
mal season will be some time in August or early 
September, they should be pulled, harvested and 
stored. The details of this work will be men- 
tioned in a later issue. The question of mar- 
keting, which from the point of view of get- 
ting profits is, of course, as important as that 
of growing, must be given attention before 
that time. Procure during the summer second- 
hand onion crates from your local grocer or 
fruit stores. When your crop is far enough 
along so that you can estimate the number of 
bushels you are likely to have, find out about 
market prices. If the price is high—a dollar 
and a quarter or more a bushel—it will pay 
to begin harvesting and marketing just as soon 
as the bulbs have attained full size. The stores 
will take them even if some of the tops are not 
quite dry where you have cut or pulled them 
off. You should arrange, also, to dispose of as 
many as possible to your friends or neighbors, 
or to families with a store-room or cellar of 
any kind, who can use at least one bushel. They 
will not want the onions until they are thor- 
oughly dried and firm, ready to keep for winter, 
but you should get the orders ahead. 
Another important point is to carefully grade 
your product. Put aside the very smallest, 
those of half an inch or so in diameter, for pick- 
ling; the medium sized ones into seconds; and 
the largest into first grade. 
Connecticut. KF. F. R. 
Keep the Farm in Order 
HE man who will conscientiously put his 
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he comes to sell it, that he will more readily 
find a purchaser for it than if he has let his- 
place run down. ru 
In marked contrast to the general condition 
of farms for sale was one that I visited not 
long ago. Both the farm and its owner were 
strangers to me, but the property instantly 
commended itself to me. othing was in dis- 
order; every fence was a trim, stout barrier; 
the mowings were clean and well seeded; 
stables were ready for cattle; the wood house 
was full of sawed wood. Everything was in 
condition for immediate occupancy. Although 
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years, a man who was a good judge of BiOv ena 
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“reclaim them, as it were, an sell them at con- 
siderable profit. He was a good business man! 
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