The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-04-05

over the winter by mulching with
straw or leaves. The seed should be
sown in drills one foot apart at the
rate of one ounce to a hundred feet of
row. or ten to twelve pounds per acre.
rich loan is required for success.
There is perhaps no other garden
crop which gives as much satisfac-
ton as spinach. Ordinarily it occu-
pies the land during the autumn and
winter and does not interfere, there
fore. with the production of summer
vegetables. Three or four ounces oil
seed planted in the autumn after the
summer crop has been harvested will
produce an abundance of greens for
the average family during the late
autumn and early spring. In gatn-
ering spinach the entire plant is re-
moved instead of merely cutting the
leaves of. BY selecting the larger
plants first the smaller ones are given
room TO develop. This method does
away with the necessity of thinning.
ONIONS IN THE HOME GARDEN.
Washington, March 80. = Onions.
ike pVldtOtSs dIt GlOP
is grown commercially on a very ex-
tensive, scale. The home gardener.
however. may like TO have few ear
ly home grown onions for his table.
or IL space permits he may wish TO
, grow enough of later varieties to last
his family thru the winter. The on
ion will thrive under a wide range of
climatic and soil conditions. but a
rich sandy loan containing plenty OF
hunus is best suited TO it. As the
| crop requires shallow cultivation and
il may be necessary TO resort TO hand
work to keep 1t free from weeds. it is
very desirable that the land should
be in such condition that II is easily
worked. As general rule. it is well
| to have the crop follow some other
one that has been kept under the hoe
ard free from weeds the previous sea-
SON.
In the north seed Is sown as early
In the spring as the soil can be brot
to the proper condition. In the south
onion sets are frequently put out in
the autumn and carried thru the win
ter with the protection of little hay
or straw. There are three methods
of propagating onions. the first by
sowing the seed in rows where the
crop is TO grow: second. BY sowing
The seed in specially prepared beds
and transplanting the seedlings to the
open ground. and third. by planting
sets which have been kept thru the
winter. The first method is used by
large commercial growers OF account
OF the amount OF labor involved in
1 the Others. ON small areas. however.
IL may be preferable to plant sets.
| Under normal conditions these may
usually be obtain=d at planting tine
| for about $3.50 a bushel. eight or nine
bushels being required TO plant an
acre. Onions planted from sets will
ripen earlier than those from seed
so~n in the fields. When the trans
| planting method is used. the seed is
sown in greenhouses. hot beds. cold
/ frames or specially prepared beds at
| the rate of three and a half OF four
| rounds for each acre TO be planted.
| The seedlings are transplRnted when
they are somewhat smaller than n
lead pencil and rather stocky. The
root end OF the Seeding is pushed
into the soil with one finger and the
soil Is then firmed about the plant.
The seed is sown thickly in drills
about twelve TO fourteen inches apart.
| After the plants become established
they are thlnned to two or three
inches apart. The maturity of the
bulbs may be hastened by preventing
the continued growth of the tops. This
liz sometimes accomplished by rolling
an empty barrel over the rows and
breaking down the tops. After these
ara practically dead the onion bulbs
soil and spread in dry. well venti.
lated place to cure. Thereafter they
may be stored in crates or bags for
winter use. In the north the crop rip
ems and lis harvested during the lat
ter part of the summer and early
autumn. In the southern states.
1 where the crop Is grown during the
winter. the harvesting and marketing
period takes place during the spring
months.
There are several kinds of onions
that may remain in the soil over
winter. The multiplier, or potato
onion. for example. can be planted
from sets in the autumn and will pro-
duce excellent green early onions. A