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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



GRANITE STATE ball bearings are right! 



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The adjustment is simple; check nut 

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 the nut re tightened, brings the cone 

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Felt washers — oil saturated — form a 

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 Ordinary ball bearings — cause trouble 

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Hardy Chrysanthemums 



In 50 sterling varieties out of 2 \ inch 

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In 25 fine named sorts, large clumps 

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Easy Money From Onions 



IN THE spring of 19 10, I did not know what to 

 profitably do with a piece of land 88 by 85 

 feet. I had read that the United States annually 

 consumed about sixteen million bushels of onions, 

 so I decided to try putting my field into onions. 

 Accordingly the place was manured, plowed, 

 harrowed and then was planted rather thick with 

 Large Red Wethersfield onion seed. In two weeks 

 the seed germinated; on April 17th the young 

 plants were frozen to the ground. But this 

 apparently had no ill effects. 



During the summer the space between the rows 

 was heed and cultivated twice and the rows them- 

 selves were weeded three times. This took but 

 little time and left the patch clean. 



After the plants were large enough they were 

 thinned out to about three inches apart and those 

 pulled up were sold as young onions. In this way 

 enough was made to pay the expenses of the crop. 



When it came to harvesting the crop in the fall 

 I found I had fifty bushels of large, red onions 

 which sold for $1 per bushel. 



My itemized accounts of time expended, expenses 

 and profits were as follows: 



Planting seed, one-half day's labor $ .75 



Cultivating twice (half day each time) .... 1 . 50 



Hoeing twice (half day each time) 1 . 50 



First weeding 1.80 



Second weeding 2.40 



Third weeding 1-5° 



Thinning and selling, three days 4-5° 



Harvesting, four days 6.00 



Selling, one day 1-5° 



$21.45 



DISBURSEMENTS 



Plowing and harrowing $1.00 



Seed cost me 3-5° 



$4-5o 



After the team was paid for I found I had made 

 $1 on the manuring because the neighbors, from 

 whom I got the manure, paid me fifty cents a load 

 for hauling it. 



RECEIPTS 



50 bushels of onions at Si $50.00 



Si made on manuring 1.00 



Young onions 9-35 



$60.35 

 Disbursements and time value 24.95 



Profit $35 40 



South Dakota. Ernest Eixerman. 



Starting Vegetables Indoors 



THE advantages of a small greenhouse are 

 manifold. One can have choice vegetables 

 from two to four weeks ahead of one's less fortunate 

 neighbors and, by planting successional sowings, 

 two or three crops of vegetables can be raised from 

 the same piece of ground. 



The soil should be gathered from an old compost 

 heap or pasture land and laid up for a few days to 

 dry out. Then thoroughly mix it with well de- 

 cayed manure, one part to four of soil, remov- 

 ing all stones and rubbish. 



Flats 12 x 21 in. and about three inches deep are 

 a convenient size to use. A condensed milk box, 

 sawed in two lengthwise, makes an ideal flat. A 

 few drainage holes should be bored in the bottom 

 of each flat, and a one-half inch layer of some 

 coarse manure or sod spread over the bottom. 

 The soil should always be level and firmed well 

 before sowing the seed. 



Ventilating and watering are the two principal 



