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season. If a fertilizer were used in which the nitrogen was 

 quickly available, I believe top dressing would be advan- 

 tageous. 



Mr. Haw (Onondaga County) : Would it be safe to use 

 much nitrate of soda on onions very late in the season? 



Mr. Hay: I am afraid it prolongs growth too much. 



Mr. Clum (Cayuga County) : How do you ascertain the 

 contents of your fertilizer? 



Mr. Hay: I take the agent's word for it. I do not mix 

 my own fertilizer. That would be a sure way of ascertain- 

 ing what you use. 



Question : Don't you have to thin your onions if you use 

 six pounds to the acre? 



Mr. Hay: I did not. I used a little over six pounds of 

 seed on part of mine this year, and they averaged about a 

 bushel of small onions to the acre. 



Mr. Work : Do you have smut or maggots ? 



Mr. Hay : We do not have many maggots, due to the rota- 

 tion of crops. Smut we are not troubled with. 



QUESTION: What is your rotation? 



Mr. Hay: We rotate either celery and onions or lettuce, 

 celery and onions — either a two or three year rotation. 



Question: Have you had experience with Southport Yel- 

 low Globe not drying down well, this causing you to use the 

 Ohio? 



Mr. Hay: I have used both, and I thought I secured a 

 little larger yield with Ohio. 



Question : Do they have a shorter season than the South- 

 port Yellow Globe? 



Mr. Hay: Not much difference, possibly a little. 



A Member: I had trouble with mine in regard to drying 

 down. I had very large onions. 



Mr. Hay: By sowing them a little thicker, perhaps they 

 would not get quite so large and would dry down better. 



