a PRODUCTION OF ONION SETS industry Is Now Receiving More Gen- eral Attention Than Formerly —Market Is Wide. (By W. R. BEATTIE.) term “set,” as applied to the puion, indicates a small, undersized bulb which, when replanted in ground, will produce a large onion This method of producing onions is perhaps the oldest and now the most sniversally employed for the growing pf small areas of onions in thq garden and an early crop is desired The common method of producing sets {8s to plant a large quantity of seed on & small area of rather rich land and The where on Trays Piled in Onion Sets Drying eld, thus number that ing Cure a pragt idersized, owing plant & of these food bulbs do no size Or maturity seed the following which the proce arrested REASON § ta in 8 In plar ii has been United States the onion set largely fined to a few I'he crop is extensi Ch the | Con vely grown ville, Ky., cothe, OQ. atte Louis hicago, Ill of Nebra reey in ska and in southern California acre varies average a00u market ughout greater small g T™ {ry he Clim for onion set the portion entire country, being disposed of iantities atic conditions the pre $ fon of OF gels ticall; onions, a plant Onion are prac ard it is n necessary to spring i¢ same as those for sts hough ets can fn any part northern iitable The is, abtained set culty same as of large should n« ire as a rule, about the onions, except that the it be so rich SET ALFALFA BY MACHINERY Experiments Made by Use of Machine Used for Tobacco and Tomatoes, who plants ment of hardy perimenting ter with a ployed for cabbage, flower and tomatoes At in the state he set the plants at rate of 6.000 an hour. At other points he set them with a plow He thinks this will do away with dodder and in- jury from disking the Rus- gian alfaifa plants given ro« in the garden had 500 shoots from one crown Over 1.200 farmers are co operating with Professor Hansen and many reports are coming in thelr remarkable resistance drought of last year has Introduced Siberia agriculture, stralns of alfalfa in transpls machine, tobacco, hardy depart them NAny the among has nting usin from for been ex the lat em caull ones five the Some of when ya i showing to LETTERS FOR MARKING BAGS tatoes—Ordinary Shoe Black- ing Used as Ink. An initial marker for bags can be made of a beet or potato ut enough of the vegetable to provide a fiat surface of sufficient size and then cut out the letter as shown in the sketch, from the Popular Mechanics, and use shoe blacking as Ink In cutting, remember that most of the letters must be made reversed Initial for Bags. order to print right. For example, in making a B, draw it out on paper and cut it out, then lay the face of the pattern on the flat surface of the vegetable and cut around It Average Fertilizer for Corn. Use 800 to 1,000 pounds per acre of a fertilizer containing, actual pot. ash, 9 per cent.; available phosphoric acid, 7 per cent.; and nitrogen, 2 per cent. The plant food in a ton of the above formula may be supplied by mixing 360 pounds of muriate of potash, 1.000 pounds of acid phos phate and 260 pounds of nitrate of soda. — Pood Consists Largely of Seeds of | Noxious or Troublesome Plants Eats Scales. (By F. B, Le BEAL) . The natural food of the quail con. sists of the seeds of the vast number of plants known as weeds, with a little foliage of the same, especially In winter, when the leaves are young and tender. Considering how small {s the amount of fruit usually found in the stomuch of this bird, it is a surprise to learn that it sometimes does serl- ous damage to vineyards. Investiga- tion, however, shows that, as in most other similar cases, the Injury results only when too many birds gather In & Hmited area Nearly all the complains against the quall for eating fruit are that it visits vineyards in immense numbers and eats grapes. When thousands visit a vineyard, even If only occaslon- | ally, and each bird eats or spolis at { least one grape, the result is disas- trous. In the the food were exam { pally Insects, of the food i food | plants, trouble laboratory investigation of of these quall 619 stomachs ined Animal princi- amounted to 3 per cent. and 87 per cent. vegetable This 1s ists of seeds of most are of noxious food, iter cous of whieh i or Ome Ants appear tha species to be a favorite animal caterpil- flies food, but quail will eat lars bee : rassh oppers snails and scale Insects the following ex- Dit In this connection a letter Angeles from hatch thao fe quatl California Quall, were ng at chickens back first . Marguerite a8 raised in large afte “A num which grow in vere 80 infested had deci A oir ¥ They yard, runui the weak profi with ided to uproot ig 80 as the little persistently among upon inveatigation | eating scale and they would swallow and thor nches of all those semil dual the discov i 3 i ¢ iV worked 80 ranches { ered them the twit tering happily: ithe fully des i oughly clean the undev eloped " eloped sCaie bra GARDEN and FARM NOTES Peaty solls need fertilizers running high in potash Topping corn reduce the yield i A hive of bees makes a thing to have about { Early oats aimost lavariably | more heavily than late oats i The use of a tile under four inches | in diameter {s not to be recommended There is little practical benefit re sulting from the use of a mulch with wheat Spraying of potatoes with Dordeaux mixture Is a preventive of potato blight. Any impervious covering will check but not entirely prevent deterioration of silage. Get that plece ready for alfalfa Better double disk it again just for good luck. You cannot keep your farm per manently productive without the use of legumes, Don’ put in the alfalfa seed too deep; and remember to roll it well after sowing A barnyard full of manure never produced a big corn crop until it was spread on the fleld, ‘ Tobacco uses up a large amount of plant food and for that reason should be heavily fertilized. Now and then old cisterns are used serves to materially delicious yield for preserving silage The average acre of corn will yleld | ten tons of silage while a good fleld | will yield considerably more. Running over a fleld with a disk does a great deal to restores capillary activity after land is plowed. Sandy solls are usually deficient In most of the elements of fertility. Pot ash is especially lacking In such soils. Keeping any machine well oiled and in proper repair not only Increases ef ficiency, but decreases the amount of power required to run tha machine, PLAY WELL Second innir Onis large oxtoent Arg nt direct fron a eam players from p experience in f ast fn numer fnstan HUI if 18 are the Nationals * ¥ 4 Grid i is not assured may take tim amon iting force of one alned a so gpent $10,000 or so for plavers pla now look ti Harry the Yar who broke cne of his legs last has discarded his crutches, but not try to play again this year. it's some jump from a Class league to the umpire staff of Johnson, but this Joe O'Brien Ohio State is said to be to it Columbus has recalled Out Farrell from Akron, He utility flelder, replacing Donlea, Blue Grass recruit, who will be sent to Akron, Chief Meyer thinks pretty well of Christy Matthewsgon's control when he offers to use a rockingchair when catching him. Meyer says he is the best ever, Lou Mene, the former White Sox pitcher, is now an outflelder with the Kansas City Blues, He is hitting the ball hard and often and is giving good satisfaction, Pittaburg papers say Claude Hen drix is deserving of a great deal of credit and that he has been respon sible for the Pirates keeping so well up in the race, John Zanzel is busily engaged in winning his fourth consecutive pen nant in the International league, His Welter, nkee outfielder apring, will D Ban from the equal fielder will act for this year's flag. Harry Wolter has a new brace for ' like a regular person. The cast has | been removed from his leg. Washingto NSN SIS SN | WINTYRE GETS HIS RELEASE Detroit Player is Sent to Minors by Manager Callahan of White Sox. Former Another ve has teran pathway leadi: Comiskey provided Milwaukee party a backstop in Jimms lock a wristop In lena B and i the ravenhalred Matty Old Roman derable 148 the with iackburne an As also elder ir gids fgsue the irned More stituted a Oveq cons oO Matty con wing of the peerless Buffaic than twelve years Matty Mcintyre. outfield, in the Eastern league. longest on the diamond, according to Hank O'Day. * Nine times out of ten,” says Henry, "the players kick to cover up their own faults” In talking of the efforts Harry Da vis has made to make the Naps a winner it is pointed out that seven 1 i i § : i several seasons stood side by side with Ty Cobb and Wahoo Sam Crawford. What Butler Cost Pittsburg. Barly last season Manager Tenney of Boston released Artie Butler to St Paul, along with Josh Clarke, for Harry Stelufeidt. Now Butler is back in the National League and it cost Barney Dreyfuss five real ball players to get Kim. 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