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applicable. It should also be borne in mind that transplanting 
has the same effect as a rotation of crops in starving out smut. 
The rotation of crops, too, is worthy of consideration. Surely 
the onion crop is not the only one that can be profitably grown on. 
the “meadows” in Orange County. Such soil is admirably 
adapted to the growth of celery, and to other plants. It seems 
advisable for onion growers in that section to develop the culture 
of some other crops to be grown in rotation with onions, 
