Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-01
S0mpling MIN and Cream for Batter
Fat Test; the TrGnsplGniing Of Onions

when the acid h added. dlssolyes with
difflculty This chemical u put AZ
In tablets Of different slxes, making
IL very convenient TO use.
Corrosive subllmatp Mercuric chiu-
fideb The autnor has had much het-
ter success with this prescrvative than
any other Il 10 n very powerful germ
destroyer. and like the blchromate Of
potash has the advantage 81 being
put up In tablet form. Usually twp'
sizes are offered for sale by the dairy
supply houses, one size being ruth-
cient TO keep one pint 81 milk SWEEP
Tor seven or eight days, and the other
or larger size win Keep one pint OF
milk cor two weeks These tablets
are more expensive than any ~ the
ether preseryativea. but always give
satisfaction. Corrosive Hublimatc "
very strong poison but ,he. tablets
are Usually combined with coior'ng
matter that gives warning color 60.
the milk.
Chloroform. boracic acid. boraN and
blcarbonale 90 soda, are al used 60
some extent. but are not ~ satiFfnc-
tory az the three mentioned above.
Nearly All 81 the preseFyatlves ara
poisonous. and the samples should al
ways be marked and kept ont 81 reach
Of children
H. w. SIMPSON.
January ~. 1913
Ttansplasinx Onions
WhsLever the win.sr Is not severe
enough 20 kin little onion seedlings.
ID A. better To grow the onion crop hy
a. -
the seed should bee planted in field
seed beds fium the 25th 81 Septeni-
her "a the 10Th OF October When
! planted at this time of the year the
/ seed terminates well ana the small
plants make A. rule. pretty good
/ growth before the very cold weather
comes on. During the colder part 81
I December aud January the little on
ion seedlings do not make any top
growth. but they get quite atocky. a.
4 s'son ~ the warm npells 81 February
and earlier Mach set IN the little
onions start growing very fast aud
40 r1le. they are large enough Tor
/ tfansplnuting 10 the field hs Inc i5tn
90 the goth at March. The earliy-
the onions are transplanted 90 the
field. othrF conditions remaining fa-
Vorable, the better the results. onions
not larger than twice the size OF "a
match can be transplanted and they
viii grow satiHfactoYiw. loo fact ID b.
better to transplant them early. even
~ the are not a. large as ~ some
times recommended. " Is not ncces-
sary Co follow the olG rule that an
onion Seeding shall b. the size Of q.
lead pencil before transpianting H. u
the onions are not this size when the
proper time Tor transniantinR comes
which-is about the 18th 20 the 30th
of March--lt would be- better "a trans.
plant them. even ~ they are quite
small
Transplant the onions four inrhcl
In the row and twelve To Fifteen inch.
- 6etween the rows. Make The ROW.
as straight az possible, Il Is a gona
plan to eat the tops off when trans
planting them, hut IL u not necessar.
10 trim the roots Better time Cai
bc made in trnnsplantIng f bo'
drops the onions ahead at those trans
planting one hoy can drop fast
; enough for two trAnsplanters. I'm
} mediateiy after the onions are trans
planted. they should be- irrigated. g
the water can not be had at that time
thc onions viii stand from one q,
three days without being irrigated.
II Is very necessary that the Ian,
y he thoroughly prepared for onior =
After it has been thoroughly plowe,
. ana pulverized, the checks should he
say. twenty feet wide and thirty Q.
p forty feet long. depending upon an
y slope at the land The land bpin
70 quite soft. The little burrows in whicl
the onions may be- transplnnted cnI
] be- made by homemade marker
= which is made from iXl lumber IN
~ marker may have thrse or more run
ners. 81 II IL not heavy enough q
make the furr0w. place u weight d
~ top. Sometimes II may be- neccssar
= for two individuals 10 drag the MAJ
y kcr. hut as g rul9 one man can d
p" the work The burrows need not o.
" over ~ Ia inches In depth TIL
method of transpianting onions
3 cheaper than the old method of sin
) ply marking Oft the rows and the ~
Ing the dihber 20 make the holes ia
- expense of transplanting varies con
: sidcrably. but a. a rule. with on
u present dollar-a- dag labor IL viii co,
Z
u transplant an acre al the distances u
p" ready mentioned
The best AN round soil Tor onior
is rich loan Very sandy as We
~ as heavy adobe, b. not good so
Tor this crop. Sine. the onion is
" gioss feeder. there is mo- danger
getting the soil too rich Even
the soil In considered fertile. IL Is a.,
yisahlo Go enrich Il hy menus of mi
nure or other fertilizers pn tt
whole. manure Is the hest. and win,
:, used in AN probability t would 81,
:, better results if Il were simply diske
I, in Instead Of being plowed undo
~ Manure can be- used az th~ rate ,
t,Nht, Go thirty loads to the acre.
FABfAN GARCIA.
january rs. 1913.