The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-01-30
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@MH fitIti though some very 80aM
grower hin their onions IS they would
corn, and mise 8 very good crop.
Either way win DO For D beginner, it
would b6 well io try both Killing
\ mves lahor but ia nobs so certain Tie
wedding IS less trouble, because een
he done principally with the hoe I'll
| plated in hills the ground can he
I marked out with q very cheRp ana
simple instrument. Take an inch
board say three inches wide. six feet
4 long, in which put. fifteen inches apart. \
wooden OF iron teeth, about an inch a
diameter and three inches long. Two
pole nailed on viii answer for shafts
This simple drill can IS drawn by hand
CIR horse, going frst from east 70 west,
and then crossing from north to south \
This will mark the bills nt an equal
distance eli fifteen inches each way,
giving room to work round each hill /
Six 81 eight sets i'll hill is sufficient.
~ planted u rows. care should BE
taken Shat the rows are straighb and I
equi-distant. They Gin be marked bY l
/ the same implement. Having started (
your rows properly, you win have no
trouble IN keeping them straight. The /
drills on burrows should not exceed one
inch Id depth A stone or other WEIGHT 4
viii leave the furrOw about the right
depth, as some dirt viii fill in after the \
drill passes. BE snre to have your |
ground as well prepared as possible.
0ne hour Id preparation viii save FIVE 4
in cultivation. TIC viii be a great adj /
vantage to pillow ground intended for
onions in the fall. IN fact, two plow-
inga would besadvantageous- not deep
So that the frost can have a chance TO
pulyerize the soil Three to four
bushels Of sets are sufficient to the
acre.
VARIETIES or ONIONS
The Silver Skin or White is very
mild variety. Ii has q very pleasant
fiavoE, is sweet, tender, juicy, and is
more genera lly used for the table. But
it does not keep well during the winter.
The Yellow Danvers is quite early, of
good form, and possesses q fine flavor,
though not very tender; is very prolific,
but does not keep we'll
The Large red Wetl,eTsfeld is more
extensively cultivated in this country
than any other variety. 1t produces a I
greater yield, and keeps longer than
any other kind.
The Top Or Button Is the hardest
variety Of all. It is never injured byl
maggots, and grows to very large
SIZE. IL keeps well, and is a splendid
cropper yielding upward Of three hun
bred bushels to the acre.
HARVESTING.
No rule can be laid down for this
work. AS q general thing, when the |
top begins TO wilt the onion is ripe,
and the Judgment of the grower must
do the rest. "A few trials viii show
whether the onion is properly formed,
aiid it's size and general appearance vail /
show when IL is ready 10 be gathered /
If ripe, the outer coat will assume the
yellow color which belongs to it.
When yon begin. pull all, as what
are not fit for market viii readily be
By the stock. OF course it
viii not 10 to feed them to milk COWS,
as she butter and milk win partake Of
the favor. When considered ripe for
pulling, begin at the right hand row,
and, by hand, pull every onion, and at
the same time pull every weed, as that
as doing work for the next year, and IS
easily dome Then 90 to the second
row, throwing the onions on the first,
and 30 on. Let them laY in the field,
say i've days, If the weather should be
fine They are then generally 6t for
the market. IL you wish to keep them
over the winter, of f0r q higher market.
care should be taken To keep them III d
cool well.yentilated place such, for
instance, as q corn crib, il well pro-
tected ID lt as there may be here some
danger ri dampness, it would be better
to Jay them on q rough upper floor Of
your barn, where they would be per-
fecglv drV anH at tha easan ssgaa ef,fI
If tho hints here hastily thrown to
getheF should draw any attention, and
interest tho farming community, tire
writer would consider himself amply
repaid fer lis Abor. Feeling the deep
est interest II agriculture generally, re
considers it tie duty AZ every person.
TO contribute his quota of information
10 the general good. III this spirit the
foregoing remarks are respectfully sub
mitfed with the hope that some Jew
may be benefited thereby, and inst his
iavofite plant may receive the attention
y which 10 ~ 50 justly entitled