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ground, running the outside tooth along the line ; returning, place the outside 

 tooth in the last mark and follow it for a guide, repeating this operation until 

 the piece is all marked. 



We use a seed drill with a roller attached. Most of the drills have the 

 plates in the bottom of the feed box numbered; No. 4 usually sowing four 

 pounds of seed, to the acre, No. 5 five pounds, No. 6 six pounds. Sow the thin- 

 est when large Onions are wanted, provided you can rely on your seed. Pro- 

 cure good seed, at whatever price, for witliout it all your labor will be lost. Cover 

 the seed half an inch deep. As^ sooii as the Onions are up so they can be seen, 

 the length of the row, give them the first hoeing, just skimming the ground 

 between the rows. We use a hoe made expressly for that purpose. The blade 

 is eight inches long and one and a half broad, with a long, crooked shank set in 

 a handle five feet long. The shape of the hoe allows the earth to pass over the 

 blade without moving it out of its place. In a few days after, give them the 

 second hoeing, this time close up to the plants, after which weeding must be 

 commenced. This operation requires to be carefully and thoroughly done ; the 

 weeder must get down to his work on his knees astride of the row, and remove 

 every weed that can be seen in the row, stirring the earth around the plants 

 in order to destroy any weeds that have just started and cannot be seen. In ten 

 days or two weeks they will require another hoeing and weeding similar to the 

 last, and two weeks later _give thern still another hoeing, and if necessaiy, another 

 weeding. li the work has been thoioughly done and at the proper time, the 

 crop will not need an\thing more until ready to gather. "WTien the tops die and 

 fall, the crop should be pulled and spread evenly on the ground to dry ; in about 

 a week after being pulled, turn, or rather stir them with a wooden rake, and 

 when the tops have become perfectly dry, cut them off one-half inch from the 

 bulb. When the crop is designed for market, it should not be exposed to the 

 weather longer than necessary to cure the crop, as the Onions will loose their 

 bright color by exposure. 



HOLBROOK'S SEED DRILLS. 



HOLBROOE'S "NEW REGULATOR" SEED DRILL. 



Wox THE Highest Prize at the Trial of Seed 

 Drills, by the New York State Ag'l 

 Society, Sept. 1870. 

 For Sowing Beet, Carrot, Onion, Tnmip, 

 Parsnip, Sage, Spinach, Sorghum, 

 Fodder and Broom Corn, Peas, 

 Beans, &-c. 



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