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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
July, 1917 
An Attractive Home Means 
Contentment 
Keep the children at home by making 
them proud of it. The most effective 
and economical way to do this, is to 
beautify the lawn. Careful arrange- 
ment and good plants are essential. Our 
Landscape Department has specialized 
in this work, is familiar with Wiscon- 
sin conditions, and has probably the 
largest assortment of choice nursery 
stock in the state to select from. 
While Elm Nursery Co. 
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 
HPl ' 1 \J ?! WISCONSIN’S FAVORED 
I he isjckapoo Vailey FRUIT district 
Our Specialty: Planting and Developing orchards for non-residents. 
A few choice trees for sale. If interested, write us. 
THE KICKAPOO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 
GAY MILLS, WISCONSIN 
Onions. 
Onions do best on a light loamy 
soil rich in plant food. Light 
loams can be worked to better ad- 
vantage than heavier loams and 
do not dry out so badly during 
summer. An abundance of avail- 
able plant food is necessary if 
profitable crops are to be obtained, 
and consequently a soil that has 
been manured for several seasons 
previously should be selected. 
The seed is sown in rows on the 
level ground 12 to 14 inches apart 
and 14 inch deep. Seeding should 
be done as soon in the spring as 
possible, so that the plants will 
get well established before the dry, 
hot weather of summer. 
Maintenance tillage is done 
principally with the hoc, and con- 
sists in keeping the surface ground 
loose around the plants and all 
weeds from starting. 
The falling down and withering 
of the tops indicates maturity, at 
which time the onions should be 
pulled. They are left for a week 
to dry, after which they may be 
topped and put into slatted crates, 
or put into these crates without top- 
ping, taken to a shed and allowed 
to cure for two or three weeks, after 
which they are ready for market or 
storage. The advantage of the 
crate is that a small bulk of onions 
is together with plenty of ventila- 
tion, which is very necessary for 
proper curing for storage or ship- 
ment. They should not be stored in 
bags or in large piles in bulk. 
They may be stored in slatted bins 
arranged one above another, 10 
to 12 inches deep. If stored the 
temperature should he kept as low 
FARM FOR SALE 
With orchard that 
“CANNOT BE BEAT 
IN WAUSHARA COUNTY” 
180 peres good sand loam adapted ( ox 
potatoes, corn clover and rye, beautiful 
trout stream flowi g through pasture 
land; abo t 20 acres t mber. 
ho w*|-l 500 apple trees in their 
Liioi u primes, worth $2000. 
and Buildings worth $3000 
* excellent locatio . 
Thisproperty is a money making bargain 
to someone who (i es to handle apples. 
Price $45.00 per acre. 
APPLE FRUIT FARM 
Pine River, Wis. 
as possible and the air bo dry. 
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Cabbage. 
Any good garden soil will grow 
cabbage. A warm, well drained 
sandy loam, very rich in plant food, 
is best for early cabbage. A north- 
ern exposure is best for late cab- 
bage and a heavy soil may be used. 
The cabbage is a gross feeder and 
there is no danger from making the 
ground too rich. For early cabbage 
start the seed about March 15. The 
seedlings are transplanted to two 
inches apart three weeks later, and 
will be ready for the open ground 
early in May. The plants are 
usually set on the level in rows 30 
