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February 24, 1917. 
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Growing Onions from Seed 
I had seen a great deal written in 
farm journals about sowing seed of the 
large varieties of onions in the hotbed, 
and transplanting the plants to the gar¬ 
den, but having filled my hotbed with 
other things. I worked out an idea of 
my own that has proven very success¬ 
ful. 
A s soon as Spring opened. I had a 
part of my garden, whieh had been 
plowed in the Fall, harrowed, well 
covered with chicken manure and wood 
ashes, and harrowed again. This was 
then gone all over with a ganhm rake, 
to make as good a seed bed as jxissihle. 
On this I opened shallow furrows 18 
inches apart and at every place where I 
wanted an onion to stand—about six 
inches apart—I put a iiinch of Prize- 
taker onion seed. I covered the.se fur¬ 
rows lightly, packing the earth over 
them.' They came up nicely, and when 
they had grown to he about four or five 
inches high, I thinned them, leaving one 
plant in a hill. The iilants I had taken 
up I set in another place. .\11 of these 
grew to be as fine a.s any onions 1 ever 
saw. Of course, there had to he several 
hand-weedings. and a constant cultiva¬ 
tion kept up during the .Summer, but the 
Fall crop of onions more than rewarded 
me, for I found a ready market, at a 
dollar a bushel, for all I could spare. 
Virginia. MRS. H. A. M.\SOX. 
Lime for Corn and Tomatoes 
Will lime be of any benefit to corn for 
second year on same ground? Which is 
hotter, phosphate or hone for corn? V ill 
tomatoes do well on the same gr<mn_d 
second year and is lime of any benefit 
to them? Will Sweet clover do well if 
sown early in the Spring with oats? 
Xewfield, X. J. f. C. 
It is doubtful if lime will be of much 
benefit to the corn, .suitposing you used 
it alone. We have found that most 
varieties of corn prefer rather acid soils. 
.Some varieties of the flint appear to re¬ 
spond to lime fairly well, but it cannot 
he said that corn as a crop will re- 
siiond to lime as clover does. T'nless 
there is some heavy growth on the land, 
it is doubtful if the lime will prove of 
much benefit. As between the two 
ground bone ought to give better results, 
as it contains nitrogen in addition to 
phosphoric acid. Tomatoes respond to 
lime, and a good applic’atioii of it would 
be particuliirly useful the second year to 
tomatoes, as the lime will check or con¬ 
trol some of the tomato disease germs left 
ill the soil from the first crop. 
We sowed Sweet clover last year with 
oats and peas and got a fair .stand only. 
Peas and oats apparently make too rank 
a growth. When seeded with oats and 
peas, the Sweet clover appears to make 
a much better growth and gives results. 
Night Soil as Fertilizer 
On page .89 you say in regard to 
human excreta that “The solids should 
be mixed with charcoal or eaith a'nd 
mixed with the manure pile or jilowed 
or spaded under.” With f<‘W possible 
exceptions, this procedure is imt without 
its dangers, inasmuch as t.vplmid fever 
is, as a rule, conveyed through the 
medium of the stools, and gains access 
to the human body b.v means of infected 
drinking water or milk, or even in solid 
food. To put this form of miinuro on 
the ground renders it easy of access by 
flies, and to tramp on it would be un¬ 
sanitary ; and added to this is the pos¬ 
sibility that there may be just the con¬ 
dition of soil that favor.s the develop¬ 
ment of the germ or exciting cause of 
typhoid fevei’, or to maintain its vitality. 
Root crop.s. but es]>eeially potatoes, 
would be liable to iiick up the inlection, 
which might then be transmitted to the 
human body. The fact is not lost sight 
of, however, that natural soil bacteria 
are. under certain conditions, constantly 
working on decomposable material, ren¬ 
dering it more or less inert: hut • the 
germs of typhoid fever are tenacious of 
life under favorable conditions, and as 
these are more often unknown tind un- 
•suspected than otherwise, it is better to 
dispose of the material in as sanitary a 
manner as possible. Sanitary toilets 
with chemical disinfectants are being 
more and more used and their contents 
should be disposed of by burying. The 
writer uses this kind of manure in 
squash and encumber hills (and fine it 
is), covering it with four or five inches 
of soil, and he sees no objection to us¬ 
ing it, if immediately covered, for any 
crop that is produced above ground. Init 
this manure should never be buried 
where drainage from it would find its 
way to the home water sni»ply. 
.JAMES G. PUTXAM, M. D. 
Washington. 
Cabbage Damps Ofi 
1. Fan you tell me what is wrong 
with our cabbage plants sown in the 
house? They seem to be decayed off 
down on the ground and fall over and 
die. (’an you tell me what to do for 
them? ' H. -J. s. 
(liirdner.s. Pa. 
Fahhage is essentially a cool season 
croj). Therefore, just as soon as you 
start to grow it in a hotbed or house, 
the temjierature must he watched very 
closely because excessive heat is ruinous 
to these jilants. In all iirohfthiUt.v your 
plants have been destroyed with a dam))- 
ing-off disease, which develojis most 
rapidly in .seed h<*ds when the seedlings 
sttind too thickly or are kept too wet. too 
hot or insufficiently ventilated. This 
same disease not only develops on the 
young seedlings, but also lives on the 
organic material, manure, etc., in the 
•Soil; therefore, in some cases it is 
sometimes necessar.v to sterilize this soil 
by moans of steam, formalin solution or 
by baking the soil. 
In your case I wotild suggest that you 
get new soil and thoroughly drench a 
few of the flats with boiling hot water, 
so as to get the soil thoroughly hot. then 
cover it up.. After these have sufficient¬ 
ly cooled down, plant the seed thinly in 
rows about three inches apart, so that 
when the seed comes u)> .vou will be 
able to stir the si«ii between the rows. 
This has an effect in that it airs out 
the soil and prevents the growth and de¬ 
velopment of the damidiig-off disease. 
Po.ssihly a little c<.al ashes, lime or 
coarse sand spread over the top of the 
flat after the seed is sown very shallow 
in the soil would also help to prevent the 
development of the disease. The most 
essential considerations, however, are 
those of guarding against execessive 
moisture, providing ventilation and the 
proper temperature and in sowing the 
seed reasonably thin. R. D. B. 
Sorghum With Cow Peas; Fertilizer for 
Tomatoes 
1 . Would you advise my sowing 
soi-ghum (Amber 1 with cow iieas in this 
locality? Soil is run down. How should 
1 use commercial fertilizer with them? 
2. Which is the better way to u.se fer¬ 
tilizer with tomatoe.s grown for can¬ 
neries, with the jdant irself or around 
it? G. B. K. 
Fairhank. Md. 
1. If the soil is run down and in poor 
physical condition. Amber sorghum 
planted with cow peas ought to give a 
comparatively heavy yield of hay. but 
the Imy will be difficult t<> cure. With 
the fertilizer mai'ker in its jiresent con¬ 
dition. about 2>00 iiounds of 1(» p<'r cent, 
acid phosi)hate per ticre ought to give as 
good results for the money expended as 
any other fertilizer. 
2. A small aiiplieation t>f fertilizer 
may be applied in the hill with tomtitocs. 
provided this fertilizer is mixed with 
soil. If a heavy application is to he 
■made, it ought to he applied broadcast. 
Follege Park. Md. w. B. K. 
Cement Floor Outdoors 
Replying to M. A. P.’s question, page 
192. asking about e emnent _ or con¬ 
crete lloor, unless the ground is already 
well compacted, a itacked foundati«ni 
course should he laid of three to six 
inches of coarse sand or grtivel. hard 
cinders, stones, eti-. The concrete fioor 
may he of either of two kinds, a thin, 
reinforced well-worked layer, iir a thick¬ 
er coarser layer. The writer would 
prefer about two and a hiilf or three 
inehes on a foundation course, with some 
chicken wire or other fencing spread 
over the area and buried in the concrete. 
The edges may he worked to a rounded 
edge, or better yet. .set a strip of mctiil 
nosing in the corner. Another way to 
protect the edge would h<‘ to anchor a 
small angle section into the concrete by 
htng wire uaiks bent at the end.s. The 
least real .slope that it is practicable to 
obtain will shed water if the surface is 
a plane. Browustone sand, if a good 
grade, could be used in the concrete, 
otherwise it may be colored Ask nearest 
cement dealer or manufacturer for 
literature, the as.sociatiou of cement 
companies has a wealth of free matter. 
New Jersey. B. d. combs. 
