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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
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:
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. The list includes McKachnie,
spring are not now with the team.
fielder to be selected.
i
5
FOREIGN BELIEFS ARE QUEER
Wedding is Ruined if One
Person Appears Entirely in Black
~-Bome Other Signs.
in spoiled if
appears entirely in
looks into a
blossoms and vell
In Spain
one of the
blac k,
mirror after orange
are fast In her headdress
When a person’s hair ends split, it's
taken by the superstitious for a sign
that she is either a witch or has been
bewitched. As blond halr splits more
readily dark aalr, all witches,
spirits and sorceresses have blond or
red halr, according to
Likewise, according to the standard of
art
on
much
the
the
Buests
if
wedding
brie
oO! the
than
ited a] laf
popular yee]
the marriage eve there is often
good-natured
groom and
countries as to who
the candle, for the
will be “first to die.” |
to trace the origin of
yet it prevalls
ar well as
is like this
and
bet
the
blow
who
rivalry ween
the bride in Slav
shall out
does
t is impossible
iperstition,
{
in aristocratic society
this s
the
that “to
the
in , even
the
wom
life
health of chile {
side of the
an must occupy the rigi
In addition, sh
fifth
bed i smoke
e must n
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