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solution of the smut problem. But whenever this plan in sug- 
gested onion growers immediately exclaim: “It is not practical; 
it is too much labor to transplant onions!” We do not wish to 
enter into a lengthy discussion of the subject here, but we will 
say that experiments made at several agricultural experiment sta- 
tions in different parts of the United States have shown that, 
even when smut is not a factor in the problem, the yield of 
onions can be greatly increased by transplanting, and that the 
method possesses certain other advantages which counterbalance 
the additional labor involved in transplanting. The idea origi- 
nated with Mr. T. Greiner, of LaSalle, N. Y., who has put it into 
pructice with great success and written a book about it. Itisa 
aubject worthy of investigation® by onion growers, especially by 
those who are having difficulty with smut. 
THB SULPHUR-LIME TREATMENT, 
In his experiments on the treatment of onion smut in 1889, 
Dr. Thaxter’ tried several different chemicals which were applied 
in the drills at the time of sowing the seed. The best results 
were obtained where a mixture composed of equal ‘parts of air- 
slaked lime and fiowers of sulphur was used. Here, the yield of 
the treated rows was nearly five times as great as that of the 
same number of untreated rows alternating with them. The 
experiment was on a small scale. During the following season, 
1890, another small experiment® with sulphur and lime gave prac- 
tically the same results; namely, about five to one in favor of the 
treatment. A larger experiment was also planned, but on account 
‘Wor details as to methods and the results of experiments see: The New 
Onion Culture, by T. Greiner; Onions for Profit, same author; Bul. Ohio 
Agr. Exp. Sta., Second Series, Vol. III, No. 9; Bul. Tenn. Agr, Exp. Sta., 
(Vol. V., No. 4; N. Dak. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 12; 8. Dak. Agr. Exp. Sta. 
Bul. 47; Tex. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 36; Utah Agr. Exp. Sta! Bul. 45; Ark. 
Agr. Exp. Sta. Buls. 28 and 56; R. I. Agr, Exp. Sta. Bul. 14; Mich. Agr. 
Exp. Sta. Bul. 79; Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 22; U. S. Dept. Agr. 
Farmers’ Bul. 39; and Canada Exp. Farms Rep. for 1897, pp. 129-1380. 
TL. ¢., pp. 148-152. 
*Thaxter, R. Further Experiments on the Smut of Onions. Ann. Rep. 
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