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ONIONS ON MUCK 



the tops are entirely cured down. Then crates are distribut- 

 ed through the field and the Italians do the gathering, picking 

 up one at a time, cutting off the top, and putting it into the 

 crate. When raised on shares, they are piled up, a certain 

 number of crates to the pile, and we take alternate piles. 



Varieties. 



Here are some of the Red Wethersfields, partially flat, and 

 there are the Red Globes. We do not go into reds very 

 heavily at Canastota. Our principal crop consists of such 

 as these, the Ohio Globe, or a half flat. Globe Danvers. We 

 grow the Southport Globe, but not so much as the others. 

 They seem to cure down better than the Southport as a 

 general thing. On some soil the Southport seem to cure very 

 well, other times they are a little late. We like the Southport 

 for their shape, size and color. They sell very readily. 



IVIacliines For Sowing Sulphur. 



Question : How do you apply lime and sulphur with seed 

 for subduing smut? 



Mr. Fisher: In Florida, New York, there is a man by 

 the name of Hoffman, who builds a machine that has been 

 used in our vicinity this last season for the purpose. It has 

 a seed box and the sulphur and lime box side by side, sows 

 three rows at a time. The wheel has a sharp tire which 

 makes a groove. There is a spout by means of which the 

 mixture of seed, lime and sulphur unite so that they are 

 mixed and come down together into this groove and are 

 covered by the coverer. The idea is to envelope the seed in 

 the sulphur and protect them against the smut germ. 



Question: Could that not be worked satisfactorily with 

 an ordinary seed drill? 



Mr. Fisher: I am doing that now. I have taken a fer- 

 tilizer sower that goes on a two-wheeled seed drill and at- 

 tached it to a one-wheeled seed drill, so that I can shoot the 

 sulphur and lime down with the seed. 



Question: What proportions are used? 



