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ONIONS ON MUCK 



what like what you mention. I had fairly good results, but 

 saw no advantage in this over the one I used. 



. QUESTION: How about dropping off nitrate of soda? 



Mr. Hay: That might be done. Someone had excellent 

 success with 2-8-10. I do not say 4-6-10 is the best we could 

 use, but it has given good results, and I do not care to change 

 over large areas, at least. I aim to experiment a little. 



Question: Do you top dress the onions? 



Mr. Hay: No. I have tried top dressing, but with no 

 particular results. 



Mr. Work: Let us hear Mr. Jennings on that. 



Mr. Jennings (Madison County) : That has always been 

 our practice. 



Mr. Work: Why? 



Mr. Jennings: We thought we got better results. 



Mr. Work: At South Lima, Mr. Wilson, you have not 

 found much difference? 



Mr. Wilson (Livingston County) : We have not. It is 

 just a matter of opinion. 



Mr. Work: If there is not much difference, we had bet- 

 ter put it all on at once and save labor. 



Mr. Dryer (Oswego County) : When Mr. Greffrath call- 

 ed on me, we had about six acres of onions which in one part 

 showed quite a little blight. There was no buttoning at all 

 — the onions showed no form or shape. We applied three 

 hundred Mty to four hundred pounds of 4-8-8. We had a 

 prett}'' good crop, but it did not come up to the standard of 

 the other. 



Mr. Hay : I have tried it in places where the onions were 

 not doing as well as they should. Conditions were unfavor- 

 able for those onions, and the additional food perhaps helped 

 them. When onions are very thick, the ordinary amount of 

 fertilizer perhaps is not feeding them strongly enough, and a 

 top dressing of proper fertilizer would probably help. The 

 fertilizer I mentioned had nitrogen available throughout the 



