The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-10
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

Onions. How 60 Grow 2Jo Busheis ON
Half an Acre-The Douglass MIA
ture for FowIs-A Valuable Acre.
Growing the Irish Potato-I<ohI-
Rabi-AttrIbute of Success.
Select good soil. with as little clay as
possible Put Il IN good condition By a
blowing and cross blowing this month.
IL win not be broken very deep. but the
surfade sol. 70 the depth Of sixsinches.
should be well palverizsd. About the mid
die Of October apply broadcast 800 pounds
Of kainit COR in lieu OF Il 800 pounds Of
ashes OF cotton seed hulis) and 600 pounds
Of acid phosphate and harrow the soil
thoroughly and roll ii we'll when the soil
b. dry. Lay of drills about like you
would for turnips. having them fif,een
inches apart and SOW three pounds OF
hrst-class seeds to the half acre.
Sow the Bermuda variety II Il IL posi-
bic 20 set t. II not. SOW the Creole. aud
II this kind cannot be had. SOW the Italian
kind. New Queen" These early matur-
Ing kinds are the most profitable. but n
eariines was not the desideratum We
should advise sowing the Giant Rocca."
To make big crops OF onions it Is no, de-
sirable TO thin to any particular distance
ike three. i've or eight inches. but Iet
stand average a plant every inch at
least In the row. on really rich land the
onions can stand even thicker than this
where Bermuda and New Queen kinds are
used.
After sowing the seeds just as evenly
as possible. lover lightly and roll with
a garden roller.
Just as soon as the cold weather Is
over. say about Feb. /. apply broadcast
10 the half acre 80 or 30 pounds of nj
trate OF sofa. II this Is not procurable
,op-dress with 80 pounds Of cotton seed
meal and harrow Il IN about the month
OF January
This crop Is better cultivated with
garden plow rather than with horse
plow donkey. or any small animal. IS
better for the blowing Ia case OF a crop
closely planted like this than a larger
animal
In fact. where The cultivation f. done
with hand or garden pillow the rows for
the onions need not be more than twelve
inches apart. II the half acre exists in
the shape OF the half OF square acre
this distance of twelve inches would give
loi rows on the half acre. each row 9CS
feet long This would be equal 70 a sin
gle row OF 1859 linear feet
To produce an aggregate crop OF 80
bushels II would be necessary for every
IS feet OF row 20 produce a buehel C50lbs)
OF onions. This IL easily attainable II the
three essentials are fully met-good seed.
SOW thick enough In soil that Is web ma
nured. especially with top dressing
% suitable manure. and the surface soil
repeatedly stirred with the sweep. rake
or harrow after all very hard rains.
In fact Il Is possible on some soils %
produce fully twice rs much as r. stated
here as the possible crop. IL the soil IL a
regular onion soil to begin with u eau
BE- so MANFRED and cultivated. and hrst-
class seeds Of n suitable variety 80 used
as to render a crop OF Zoo or zoo bushels
per acre easily possible. Two thousand
bushels have been made. The sest OF this
question can certainly be made very in
teresting and instructive 20 any one who
Will enter upon Il with any reasonable dis
play OF energy and intelligence.