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REREIR SHOPS

HEPETH SHOPS.
HARNESS AND REPAIR WORK-Harnes:
- and shoe shop; patent leather polish fol
buggy tops repairs in all kinds of leather
goods; shoes half Soled cheap. Z. +. Hender
son. liz East Sixth street.
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

%~e~~~~-~~~~~~-~-~~O~~~~~~
HENRY VESPER, 1I3 east 9Th st. Maker
Il of the celebrated Henry Vesper's Machine
made bread. Ask your dealers for VeSper's
sweet goods. They are better than Others
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coRNIcE & ROOFING WORKS

A ]. PETERSON, 11o9 east 9Th st. All kinds
~ tin and sheet iron work. Roofing, gut
tering and furnace work. All kinds Of tinwAre-
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SCOTS CARBO-DIGESTIVE COMPOUND
= cures Dyspepsia. Nervous Exhaustion. In
somnia and Constipation. If not at druggist:
will send prepaid on receipt of price. 81 pei
bottle, The Scott Remedy Company, Topeka
Kansas
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i" I. BOYER-Wholesale and retail -four
W. feed, hay and salt Gluten feed;
Ralston health flour. White rock the great hoof
packing 21O w. Sixth st. Phones 40.
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w ANTED-Alo loan of $500 on 50 500 worth of
real estate security. Address z, care
Journal office.
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ELouR AND FEED

NJ VAN SLYCK. successor to H. Boughten,
ANs 609-511 West Tenth ST., wholesale and re-
tail dealer in flour, feed. grain. hay, seeds and
coal. Telephone 467. Close prices my specially.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

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TONRON BROS, S25 Kansas ave. Dealers in
~ the celebrated Estey planes and organs.
Piano tuning and repairing by experts spe-
cialty.
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Ribbons.

Baby ribbon, 1c. and &c. yd.
Special bargain in watered
silk ribbons, all colors
(0 &c, 4c, sc. to SC. the yd.
Special bargain in No. 16
and % black silk rib
bon (0 15c. and 19c. the yd.
No. 60 silk ribbon, 19c. yd,
Ladies' fast black Jersey
gloves, 1Oc. pair.
Ladies' taffeta silk gloves,
24c. pair.
Ladies' black silk mitts,
15c., 19c. and 23c. pair.
Ladies' dressed and un-
dressed kid gloves in
white, black and tans
0 &c., 75c., 85c. & 95c. pr.
Gents white lawn bow
ties, &c. each, 3 for 10c.
Gents white lawn club
ties, dc. each.
Gents fancy dress bows,
zoe. each.
Gents black dress bows,
15c., 19c. and zoe. each.
Ladies' tecks in black and
light shades, zoe. each
Ladies' stock bows,
14c. and SOC. each.
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Tax Notice.

The duplicates for 1896 are now in
my hands for collection; all parties
paying state, county, school and dog
taxes within 60 days from the 22 day
of June will be entitled to reduction
of five per cent. i will be at resi-
dence, West Main Street, 8 doors
above West Street, on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, August IS, IA, IS,
and 20, 81, and 2a, between the hours
Of and 6 o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of receiving and re-
ceipting for said taxes. After 6 o'clock,
Saturday, August 2a, 1896, no reduc-
tion will be made.
]. X. BlTTENBENDER,
Collector town of Bloomsbury.
Residence, West Main Street, Z
doors above West Street.
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For Sale.

A desirable house and lot. Corner
lot,about so 80 feet, beautiful To-
cation, all modern improvements; will
be sold at once. Cheap for cash, or
part down and balance to suit the
purchaser; or part in exchange for
other property.
For further information call on S. d.
Neyhard, Building, Loan and Real
Estate Agent, over First National
Bank, Bloomsbury, Pa. II.Is.tf.
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THE
BROADW AY
First Facts of the
July Bargains
FOR CASH BUYERS
and more to follow.

People have numerous needs
that must be supplied whether
the weather be hot or cold, wet
or dry.
Our special business is to
provide these wants at such
little prices as will bring pleas
ure to our customers and profit
to ourselves.
Read the list carefully. 1t
only represents a fraction of
our stocks.
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HsndkerChiefS.

Ladies fancy bordered and
hemstitched white hand
kerchiefs (0 SC. each.
Ladies' embroidered white
handkerchiefs,
1Oc., 13c., 19c. to 39c. each.
Ladies' hemstitched linen
handkerchiefs, 19c. and 21c.
Gents bordered handker-
chiefs, 4c. to 10c. each.
Gents large hemstitched
handkerchiefs, 10c. each.
Children's bordered hand
kerchiefs, 2 for SC.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN
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For a Shave or Hair Gut.

For good and quick shave or hair
cut, 60 to James Reilly's tonsorial
room in Exchange Block, first floor,
next to Express Office. None but
experienced workmen employed.
I2-I3-Iyr.
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JONAS LONGS SONS
WEEKLY CHATS.
WILKES BARRE, PA.
July 9, 1896.
ANNOUNCEMENT
EXTRAORDINARY !
OUR GREAT
MIDSUMMER
CLEARING SALE
Begins Monday Morning
July 18th.

july AoIH'
This is the grandest money
saving event Of the season. 1t
means to us the clearing out OF
sur immense stock Of seasonable
merchandise, preparatory to our
iemi-annual stock taking. Our
principle is never to carry stocks
over from one season to another,
his has two advantages, it keeps
everything clean and bright and
At the same time enables lis to
place larger orders for Fall and
Winter shipments.
We sacrifice prices regardless
Of costs.
Every article in stock can be
bought for from 33c to soc less on
he dollar than at any other time.
We cut prices to the very lowest
notch in every department Of the
store including:
SILKS,
DRESS GOODS,
LACES,
RIBBONS,
DOMESTICS,
NOTIONS,
PERFUMERY,
GLOVES,
HOSIERY,
CORSETS,
UNDERWEAR,
MEMS FURNISHINGS,
MILLINERY,
BOOKS,
LADIES' CLOAKS,
LADIES' SUITS,
BOYS CLOTHING,
CHILDRENS CLOTHING,
INFANTS CLOTHING,
TRUNKS,
VALISES,
BICYCLES.
CARPETS,
UPHOLSTERY,
SHOES,
CHINA WARE,
GLASS WARE,
WOODEN WARE,
IRON WARE,
AGATE WARE,
TINWARE,
Send us a postal card for copy
Of the Wilkes-Barre Daily Papers
containing our great advertise
ments. All mail orders will be
filled at these low prices during
time of sale.
To those who can make the
trip to our city we insure the
greatest reductions ever made bv
any retail establishment in the city.
All orders of 8 dollars and up
wards delivered to out of town
customers free of charge. Remem-
Der these price reductions include
every department of our Nam
moth store.
@,n n%pdny
Cor. w. Market and Public Square
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a Desirable Business Place For Sale.

The large three story brick store
bailding lately occupied by J. R.
Schuyler & Co., as hardware store
fn sale on reasonable terms by J. H.
Maize Esq, Attorney. Office Lock-
ard building corner Main and Centr e
streets. If.
Real good property in Espy for
sale cheap. 1t is desirable residence,
large lot, and plenty of fruit. Apply
to ]. III. Maize Esq.
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Gents seamless half hose,
in grey, brown, tans
and fast black (0
&c., &c., &c., 1Oc., 13c., 17c.,
19c. and 29c. pair.
Children's tan hose,
1Oc. and 13c. pair.
Ladies' Isle thread hose,
with white toe and heel,
Hermsdorf dye, 39c. pair.
Ladies seamless black hose
with white feet, 2 pr. for 25c
Ladies' tan hose, 1Oc. pair.
Ladies balbriggans, &c. pair.
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Books.

BOOKS.
See the Episcopal prayer
books at Soc. each.
Art photographs of the
world, at CSC. each.
The Magic City, SOC. each
Cook books, 24c. each,
Paper bound novels by
Charles Dickens, sc. each.
Regular 25c. paper bound
novels, 1Oc. each, 3 for 25c.
Cloth bound novels,
1Oc., 12c, and 29c, each.
TIE BROADWAY Cash Store,
Meyers New Building, Main Street,
BLOOMSBURY.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-06

Nothing win give more satisfaction FOR
tho trouble Involved than a daily mail club.
straw rick Is q nice thlUg To have In
~" hlrnynrd, If You forget It's existence
at feeding time.
Fat hons lay lean eggs and few Of them.
Hens mood exercise and egg producing. not
tat producing, food.
In growing lettuce out Of doors the best
soil d q mellow loan well enriched, as the
crispuoss and quality largely depends upon
the rapldlty Of Its growth.
II I~ Il very hard matter to get A fine
looking lawn on sandy soil. TIL best NAY
Is TO cover the surface with clay soil and
then enrich u by giving II a good harrow
Ing, then roll Il down smooth,
The hest place for IA plum orchard. other
thinrs taken INTO consideration, would be
they ar. "a great help in the work OF de-
strqying Insects, and especially the cur
There Is a degree Of disappointment in
seeing the young sows selected for breed
ors fall behind the others. They were
best when taken ont, but soon others out
rtrip them In rounding out their forms. but
We must accept the fact that a fat form L.
not the most desirable for tho breeder.
only the narrow minded nowadays find
occasion 10. harp about the cOntingencie
Of uyerproduction. There are too many
people IN the world short on the neressar-
les of life to give room for the serious pro-
mitigation OF such doctrine, There is abund-
ant room for improved methods in thc
painting and cultivation of crops, and OF
Improved facilities for transporting to tho
worlds markets, The irrigation movement
that Is now well under way In this state il
destined TO play an important part in The
development OF both these lines of enter
prise.
At New Hampshire station a fun years
test Of four Ayrshire, four Jersey and
four Holstein COWS has been completed
with the following results: The Ayr,
shires averaged 5,si5 pounds of milk each.
making 267 pounds OF butter at a cost o.
siisS, The Jerseys averaged ASH pounds
at a cost OF so, -. The Holsteins averaged
5,57i pounds OF milk each, making 90,
pounds of butter at a cost OF sjO.l3. 1t
twenty-ons and u half pounds of Ayrshire
milk. or twenty-nlne pounds of Holstein
milk to make one pound of butter. The
Ayrshire butter cost 1874 cents a pound.
Jersey. II cents and Holslein "a cents.
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this case. For punching onions. bulbs OF
tho potato onion or some OF the white or
yellow varieties. planted generally in the
fall IN trenches four or five Inches deep. at
distances OF three 30 six. f"ei. are used.
Tho bulbs are pulled and punched early In
the spring. SOWING the seed In September
or october Is also largely practiced In rails
ing bunch onions. For sets the seed y
drilled in the spring In moderately fertile
soil, free from stones and weed seeds, at
the rate Of nfty to sixty pounds per acre.
the object being TO secure a crop OF very
small bulbs OF uniform size. These bulbs
should be- thoroughly dried TO render them
dormant before storing. The Barletta va
fIpty, seeded at rates OF from Twenty-Five
to thirty pounds Of seed per acre, i
recommended FOR the production OF plckl-
ing onions, which should be from three
fourths to one and one-half Inches In
diameter.
The principal onefnles Of the onion nre
the onion maeEot phorhia ceparuml and
onion pmut ~ODrocystls cepulac). For tue
nrst N. most orectice remedy Is n change
OF location OF the onion ils.l each year
Carbolic acid emulsion applied around The
roots has also given good results. Inc
latter Is held In check to some. extent by
rotation or crops and by transplantinE. \
mixture OF equal parts Of sulphur ana lime
or sulphiI OF potassium and line sown ~
the drills with the seed has given good
results as a remedy for the disease
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-06
GENERAL TRADE DEPRESSED.
Bradstrcet's and Dun Have Not II Yer.
Favorable Report to Makt-EA-
ports and Failures.

New York. June j.-Brudstrect's to-inor-
ROW Will says:
General trade continues depressed in al
mos; all lines. Demand Is smaller than a
week ago and request cor and offerings OF
commercial paper have decreased. Mer-
camille collections continue complained OF.
and he tendency " prices, particularly Of
cereals. sugar, coffee. pork products, cot;
ton and cotton goods and iron and steel
continues downwUra The check 70 trace
at = Louis is IN part The result IN deIuys
IN distribution OF m-gchandtse ON. account
Q; TIE late storm. ImsegS5naGiy coo!
t@lI irats IN the territory tributary to
Exports 4 wheat. Hour included as
wheat. from bOth coasts OF tho United
States have been the largest since the
aEa.1s: -riSp bushels last week; 2t,l,'p
bushels a--t week OF June. ISIS; -ti-,"r
ans as r0mI-si with &,s1i,ry bushels N the
The total amber OF business failures
a. reported 20 Bradstreet's is -. COM
pared with - last week. 80 IN IN" nt~t
"--k o. June, is95; % IN thr cnrr spYulIir
week Of -2r+ and - In the Ike W''N lu
i.-5. Their. Fss .. bushes failures ? ilrt-
- In Canada this week. 4-l.u-t = last
Week. = .E f-p week "a year age. 70 Two
years ago 4E4 g three %esrs nEo.
= O, pun & CO NeeEiy k.g."w %
sax T. f.usly suggestive that vida us
Ilr..e helr o. ta-r- now is from rev Lu--
lu-ss. ua-a.' ARE so nearly maintained.
Summer De ...-n ~ hand. Do with u'w
crops pr9m.H.rE woll AMI ola stocks large
Il is no. glrr me farm r-o.ugis H,,y
walt.as tag tho rush uf business seen last
year. and ;a splt- Of marrow orders ar" ot
pg--ut cau.rllly hpiliuE on win much
len'.I r.f.r"s draws near.
tive a~.s,r.-r is 20 he expected after %"
eour'ul.H #-,. been held ana ihs -airiI
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EXPERIMENTAL FEEDING.
CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM A CoL.
ORADO TEST.
Tt Retain soii Moisturr-onion Cuit-
urr-N"w the Hens rnid on n
Mor,garr-GcnrrnI Paints
mud Notr. for Farmers.

During the winter o., 1915 several eS.
periments In steer feeding werc made on
the farm Of tho Colorado agricultural cN-
pertinent station at Fort collins. They
Included tests Of different classes " steers
ana OF various kinds or combinations Of
feeds.
From bulletin No, - The following points
1T regard TO tho methods az feeding anil
Conclusions dtuau are taken:
Eighteen St.ors We're fed comprising
three groups % six each. The first group
consisted Of six grade Durham steers. I
years old that had been raised on a farm
us skim-milk calves. They had been we'll
fed and wlntetel. making large framed,
weight. They we're taken ofr good alfalfa
stubhlc when bought and Were lu fair con-
brought to ne farm November Is
steers We're purchased. They were 'l,s
summer calves Of thc year before; being
- pohs4- VARYING from ~ To ~ pounds
They. had been hay cd during the winter
nhd had been, brought from the summer
rang 10 alfalfa s%tuhhig about III. middle
steers were purchased, being Of the sane
o. i-year.oiis. but two Of them NJ, u
months old and the other four 81 months
old. Tho yearlinrs weighed about 50
1,ri pounds each. These were also broiiEht
on alfalfa stumble; The eighteen s'gei,
:-year-olls, ana eight y"nrllngs.
Tho whole lot was divided lnto six pens
indiS!iuais u "Sa5h Pen hcc o. as nearly
equal average age a. possible, and OF equal
SIai 6s ,oI rs a3 ~ pd lg's ,ioi sI s5nn ah'm maj
fodder corn. Is pounds cut Alfalfa, cut al
talfa ad, le@ raa 80 pounds CUT foi-
.racscl wheat. 20 pounds cut hectsi pen
cut alfalfa, cut fodder corn ad. ~; pen.
No. 4 = pounds cut fodder corn, II mounds
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At'Ri, RAJ.


Kansas Farmer; There has fallen :,
most PORTIONS NJ Kansas during tie Iagi
few weeks enough water 10 make In.
well forward, n only the moisture XXI.
generously provided can be Kent In Xxx
s9li anti lrawn q,ut by The rrowing crops.
waste far more Of IT than IS used in the
II has long been UNDERSTOOD by ohserv-
Ing farmers thht weeds and grass sap No
kept in check or they will rob the crops
OF this essential 10 their growth. The 10.
tal amount Of water actually used bv (,
good crop, in It's processes Of growth and
n there Is as great a. growth Of useless
weeds and gras. as Of useful plants tha
weeds VII, get as much q the soils moist
ur- as VIII the crop. This moistur. vill
be sent on into IN" afr and wasted as me
weeds grow, mature, die and become Gry.
Soils free from weeds are under some com
dttions rapidly robbed OF moisture hy evaU-
Grafton. Under other conditions they lose
comparatively little water In This way.
The Investigation Of the conditions favor
ing the retention Of. moisture against evau-
~oratlon Is one Of the most important works
undertaken bE, any Of our experiment sta
tons. Probably the best work Vet ione In
this direction l. that Of Professor King, OF
The. Wisconsin experiment station,
ent efforts Of evaporation to steal II ghich
The sun and wind VIII make during the
next few weeks can scarcely be oyeresti-
mated HOW shall Il be done7
In falling upon the soil rain compacts
the surface. When much rain falls a part
may run on, but a good deal OF II enters
The soil. moving gradually downward.
nowhere in the soil Is there left any free
water that Is, water which Will drain
out. but only so much as Is held as water
, sea1 IN q sp9nse. by what is called 'ca-
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stock Poisoned h, c~ocLi.bur,.

C0rrrepouIonce Kansas Farmer ] feel
u To- DC g duty I owe my brother farmer
tu rlll.sh. hy means OK Kansas Farmer
many hogs. In the spring when c0aETi-
hurs 'lr-t come up. while Ia Two leaves,
Just ont ~ tho ground, hogs and f,Es aT-
growth they are a deadly poison 60 any
tElur that oats them. one Gri-hblr had
sixteen nice shoats In a pen. They broke
uuf ana got 20 u patch OF burr. Result.
e'sht died. ! lost many In different yeajS.
] now avoid loss by passing over hog lots
ft..r ...|- .- >.
lnt# Hs have bugs IN LANCER 81 past. That
will bee WHOM LIrs are TWO or three inches
hlrn Stock VIII not eat them then. on.
uHlshb1r lost chickens from eating young
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How the Hens Paid on n Mortgage

co,rs.,,,iance Farm and Home: At
rrst wts iiscourared and did not see
how i could ever pay the mortgage and
80 ana 10th. my iit;ls family. At this
tyi,I ,it ma nv iin6tbar visited me and
b,S1rbt "a pr6ssnt nj a Brown Leghorn
Nan ,yt rooster 'rbry wcrs placed in tho
sn'n.y b.rhousa and fed table scraps and
lifrb,n bis. The hen laid through the
Winter ana nmpiv repsil Tor what sne and
t"srr ut,,is NJ n \nrii' becoming bruody,
s, twoiyc urnhin eggs and obtained
ai,vrr It,lrks 'rhrsa were brought up by
hand thnt shG might continue setting. The
stgnri Incubation resulted in twelve
rbl,ks iinth brooJs were raised without,
tLs Toes Of "a chick. Eleven Brahmas and
thr.s Lorhnrn r]onstrrs were sold at n
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-06

ipsIrnntc1. surface tension" The amount
OF water thus held by Kansas soils aver
ages not far from ~ per cent OF, the vol
cubic foot OF lry soil will absorb and hold
against stavitation nearly two gallons q
water. Plants can draw from the SOL
neatly half OF this. when. by evaporation
and plant growth, the moisture 10 the sur
face soil l. reduced 10 less than that IN the
soil just below the surface. there is n ton
icnry to equalization Of moisture. aud
some water comes from below to take the
place ~ thNt rNnpotutol. II the suri1c" sou
T. compact. as II IS often lott after a Ilsh-
Ing rain, the rise Of molsture from below
tho surface is rapid. II, however. the sur
face Us broken up and made light hN culil-
walton. the rise Of moisture IS much less
rapid, aud u the loose surface becomes dry
Clnphritlvely little moisture escapes, The
irfiEtturs long ago found thai cultivation
after every Irrigation Is necessary IN order
20 retain the moisture In the soil Iro-
a. 20 the best form " Implement for. this
cultivation to prevent evaporation. and has
obtained tho best results with implements
which cut OF as well as ruIytriE' the Top
Client thar the harrow r other scratching
cultiyator, They are on the market ny
many manuraeturors and 1t will be worth
whit" FOR farmers to Try. them IN Weir
since the luv..ugltlons have determined
the Kind Of cultivation which best retains
moisture IN the soil, Inventors have turned
their attention 90 the production or nipple
meuts especially adopted for II. and wc
shall no doubt soon hp treated to a great
variety Of Implements. each possessing
some special merit. and for which the man
Utirtur'r we'll claim superior 'ilritnrN ~
protecting the soil moisture ngalnst "vap.
Grafton as well as IN the destruction OF
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I,tW,rr :, !" l,t, st,nrt ,,isire or f,,rE-
,. Ia ,yt', H., y,Sin,rN, H., I.gtuity 81
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iUl, n =, r.g,ity ;gl5rr,i syet.m gf gr.,n
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av,y :, ~. 'rH,s .-,aI a, sIII 80. n
,,,nyriG,. M Ia 10 -g11.tIc-,hIa
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go ID, rIn, "a, ,i,v,Irg ma,
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nnI lcayins-i, +, da,Sirnose In tho soii,
M .,iT.t -, - la
~ ts,, 49, ,,vJJ ara ,t - ~
49,, ~, a. az 80 II, ,y.S, ~
,Hc C,ron In supnlying yaivnble Mani foo.
~ 't"P - S'fitf I"S N''n'"t' Il't.s 'N't'
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oRTICILTunAL


Farmers bulletin No. 80 OF the United
states department OF agriculture I- q treat
lsr ON the cultivation OF m" onion by Il. j..
Watts. Instructor In horticu,ttra Id t6,.
! University OF Tennessee, and horticultural
Of NE Tgmnrssee agricultural experiment
treatment OF his subject, summarizes mis-
conclusions as follows.
me onion croH, is one OF great impor-
states. and is produced on an extensive
scale, but tho fact that hundreds Of thou
sitnlS OF bushels are annually shipped to
Our ports from Bermuda. France, Srain
ana cuba indicates that tile home demand
s..ppIiHl ~ .t"WtFs IN ms country. IL ls
True that the bulbs OF the foreign Varieties
alp,ar 10 be- superior In quality to those
ggnmghly grown IN this country but there
ar large section. In California ana in GER
tam parts of tie South whcTr tho soil au!
ttigIig ar WI 94tr''i TO the growth ot
m" onion requires q light, frIallo. we'll
rome, I,fulr soil, wei stocked with or-
sN9g'ssInIy grown on reclaimed marsh
Soils which are deficient In orranl, mat
YER und which h1yo been reduced ly uN-
h1gsilN" cropping should he renovated by
gi.llFNggn IN other crops on which barn
tli2"rs are literally used. The onion H.
p.llf"9 NIHrH! tnrtl.4iug. and since the cost
gi l,I0ui is about as great for a crop ot au
economy tur the onion grower 90 be- liberal
p ne Ise OF fertiil4'rs Soils which have
"L+Inlh"A7 llln's arc NOT likely TO be dee
Il,t'Ni ln nitrogen, although slight dress
"iIi lEo7lIgur aotl must hc applied more
h.' NHyu hittorcn is needed nppl-
CATIONS oi goo TO iwi pounds Irr acre of ME
itat" of soda m four equal aros-iues Is rec
gm.n'ig!,t Potash may h" supplied lu tho
igtW. of wood ash"- at rates OF from fix 10
Lulti'ru tons Of lrHHhsI ashes Iar acre.
Potash may also ht supplied Ion tiInit. III.
to- I.FH| MOUNDS NOR ..TI and r##ra.r. 80.