Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-24

My plan for raising onion sets in
my own garden is as follows: In
February of each year, I plant sew
eral rows of onion seeds in drills,
eighteen inches apart. The seed are
put down rather thickly, and the
land is enriched. My plan is to top
dress with well-rotted yard manure
Which is well worked into the soil.
After stand of onions has been
obtained, a fertilizer containing 4
per cent nitrogen, 9 to 10 per cent
phosphoric acid and about per cent
potash is literally applied to the
midd1es Of the drill rows and well
worked into the soil. Sometimes
more than one application is made,
depending on seasonal conditions
and the growth obtained.
AS a rule, onions grow vigorously
during the spring and early sum-
mer. About this season the tops gen
orally die down. Of course l do
not thin them because my idea is to
fdevelop the largest possible number
of small onions from the seed plant
ed to set out again in the fall. AS
soon as the tops die down and the
onions dry out, rake them out OF
the soil and let them lay on top of
the ground a few days. AS soon as
they are well dried out, I put them
in shallow trays and keep in a cool,
well ventilated place until l am
ready to set them out in the fall.
do this as early in the season as
practicable. Sometimes we have
good season to do this work in Sep
TENDER. In other years I have to
wait until October. Occasionally
Mo - lot n
first of November.
plant these sets in rows Is
inches apart. The sets are left 8
Is prepared as for spring planting
and fortified in the same manner.
When conditions are at all favor
liable I have plenty of onions for use
in November or early December. In
the early spring these onions begin
to develop large roots. BY March
they will be quite we'll matured.
They can then be harvested, cured
and kept for family use or sold
commercially.
Quite number Of strains may be
planted and handled advantageously
in the manner indicated. I grow the
PrlZe-Taker, the Australian Brown,
the Yellow Globe Denver and the
Wethersfield. Il have had very good
success with Bermuda onions as
well. They should prove satisfactory
in your section Of Georgia. They
are somewhat tender this far north,
and occasionally are injured or
destroyed by hard freezes.
A WeIl-Balanced Ration for
Dairy Cows
w. G. M. Newman, Ca, writes:
We wish to know what feed is
the best milk producer, as we
wish to make a balanced for
mula from feeds grown in Geor-
gia.
The cheapest dairy feed we can
use for milk production in the sum-
mer time in Georgia is plenty Of
pasture grass. In your section of
.the state there is nothing better than
Bermuda sod upon which lespedeza
has been established Bur clover
may be sown at this time, and, under
favorable conditions, will provide a
considerable amount of grazing in
the early winter and early spring.
For roughage feed in the winter.
silage made of sorghum and kaffir
corn is most desirable. Some dry
roughage may be fed at the same
time. This may consist of hay made
from coWpeas, velvet beans, shred.
ded corn slower or various mixed
hays.
An excellent ration for dairy cows
may be made up\ of cottonseed meal.
peanut or soy bean meal mixed with
equal parts of corn meal. This "a