The Clinton News Record, 1917-04-26, Page 4e
Clinton News -Record Apl(II '26th, 19I7
CHOOSE Y01111 WILL
PATER NOW
Prom Our Spring
Stock
enetavalewatimeeeenentassisecoes
Totwee the New Well Tippers
we are'showingtitle swing is to
:miss the best we have eper
shown,
Though, we .have sold Well
Paper for years; these new
spring (roods are by all odds the
best,
Ao T.
Ooopor
Telegraph and Ticket Agent.
Clinton, Ontario
WINTER TOURS IN FLORIDA,
LOUISIANA, iviISSISSIPPI, ETC.
The Canadian Pacific Railway offers
Frani Camp Barden we went to
rect commotion is made for Florida,
via Cincinatti and Atlanta; Ga.,
Jacksonville, Florida, is reached sec-
ond morning after. leaving Detroit.
The Canadian . P'aciAc-Michigan Cen-
tral Route will be found the Ideal
Brie to Chicago, where direct connec-
tion is made for the Southern Stat-
es. Now Orleans is reached second
Morning after leaving Toronto. The
Dining, Parlor and Sleeping Car ser-
vice between Toronto, • Detroit and
Chicago is up-to-date in every par
titular. Connecting lines also oper-
ate
penate through sleeping and dining cars.
Those contemplating a trip of any
nature will receive full information
from any Canadian Pacific Agent or
W. B. I-Ioward, District Passenger
Agent, Toronto.
THE NEWS -RECORD LEADS FOR
TOWN, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY
NEWS.
'ri•m NJali S-RECO_TR1) r lflADS FOR
TOWN, TOWM501P •A.NJ)..COUNTY
.
NEWS, •
REAL TRAVEL COb1.FORT,
Spring is dere, mid patrons 01 rho
Canadian Northern. 1';ailway will fled
rcncwed 'pleasure 111 the Conipart-
ment-Literary-Observation oars an ail
Transcontinental trains, which not
Only allow the Passenger to gain the.
full benefit of the wonderful •scenery
along the route,. but also to tare ad-'
vantage of the many • new comfort
features which have created so much
favorable commene ansong cross
country, travellers,
A magazine and llbraril bureau
which contalus the latest and most
popular literature ; writing des'.is
with attractive stationary ; a "Tea -.
shop" with stock of articles
the traveller is likely to forget oe ov-
erlook in packing up for the. trip such
as eellar'buttons, shoe iaoes, etc., ars
a few instances while tasty teas,
end light refreshments may be ob-
tained at a veils small ,cost.
CARRIED BEETS THROUGH
DROUGHT
ALFRED ROSE, Bello River, Ont.,
says:
' "1 .bought several tons of Home-
stead Fertilizer last spring and used
some on spring wheat. It did excep-
tionally weir—yielded beyond every-
body's expectations, I also used a toll
on twelve acres of sugar beets sown
with a beet ,drill • with a fertilizer at-
tachment, It was remarkable how it
helped the growth, and during the
dr11 spell of weather my beets remain-
ed green and thrifty, while inp neigh -
hoc's beets that luta no fertilizer; be-
came yellow. •
I find Homestead Bone Black fer-
tilizer does even more good than
claimed for it,"
Write Michigan Carbon Works, De-
triot, for free hook and particulars
about their homestead hone Black
Fertilizer, ,
CCNAf ., NA,
'ERN:
Western Canada Needs
• Thousands of. Neu
For Spring ' Seeding. Steady em-
ployment, good wages. Low fares in
effect. For tickets and information
aAPi3 to
A 1T. 'COOPER
Book Store.
G. N. W. and Canadian Northern
Ticket Agent,
The Cost of Growing
Potatoes
Iu' >otato growing provn)oes Mee
Now Isei uswtt t (hero ie always more
or lose dis0tietilon as to whoa it should
0004 to grow a good 'r01.3 . f' potatoes
and 0001101W vary 200111 as low as
$40.00 pet' ,sere to as high tie $125,00:
Naturally there will be emelt vtu4atlon
in cosh according to local oanditiops
and eseeoiallY to the .ability of the
land to pr0dueee without expou5ive
fertiliriu8, I1 should be both . 10
mind that it will 'usually nest the.
Notate speeialletmoio to grow his coop
thee, 1t will the fanner wholo1lews
mixed 'fuming and make.( his potato
mop merely 0110 of his many activities,
With a view td gettingg sciniel figures
under average conditions in Now
l3rnnswtair,'a careful theme has been
made at the Dominion liixpet'ilneutal
Station, 10iedoricioo, for the past
WO settee:is with an a0ve of ]and -set.
apart . for this eartiunlae purpose,
Neititer rent of land Dor ;depreciation
02
machinery was included lu the sal-
culatiop. for these two are 'items tlaat
are largely in the halide of the incliv-
ideal grower. 'Asa ouevei'reie, how -
(wee, 12 would be fah' to charge as
rout, 10% oi' the val0e of the lane end.
special potato machinery \vitt 115115001 -
ate from. 25 to 50 percent, per year if
used steadily for ten days retell season.
In 1010, the deprsciatiou of the potato
digger alone, used at the Fxperinzen tat
Station,. was $0 00 ler acro, In 1015,
the acre wee planted with Green Moun-
tain, Irish Cobbler and Empire State:,
Seed, cultural operations and haovest-
ing mist in all $07.03. Eighty barrels
of 185 poimels each of marketable
potatoes were obtained and. sold at
$1.75 per barrel making a profit over.
cost of produetiun of Otte ,per barrel.'_
Seven barrel's of culls were sold for
$3.00, so that the total profit for the
core amounted to $75.50, This land
was rather feet naturally and during
the very rainy weather of June and
July was several times flooded, mus-
ing missed hills and inferior plants
generally. This laud was originally
cleared many years ago and after oat-
ting bay for thirty years it was allot'-
ed to grow up to spruee, birch and al=
der. It was again cleared in 1918 and
grew buckwheat in 1914, In 1016, an
acre was planted with Green Mountain
seed. The totalcost amounted to
$82.313, the increase over 1015 being,
dire to high priced seed, higher priced
fertilizer ingredients and very dear
copper sulphate. One hundred and
twenty barrels of marketable potatoes
were harvested and could have been
sold at 52.25 per barrel, making a pro-
fit per barrel over cost of production
of $1.54, plus six barrels of culls at
50e, $3,00, making a total pt'o$t of
$190.20. Market price when potatoes
were dug was $2.25 per barrel. Later
they could have been sold at 83.25.
but are .held for seed, :this Iand.grew
hay for many years ariici Ives bro'keu
up and grew potatoes with 750 pounds.
fertilizer in 1913, corn with 18 tons.
barnyard manure iu 1014, oats without
manure in 1915. This land is on a
slope, fairly well drained aucl ecept
for washing out slightly between the
rows felt no bad effects from the Juno
deluge.
I Canada's Good Visiting. -
During the Canadian' fiscal year
1916-16 the fisheries of the Sydney
consular district, comprising the
island of Cape Breton and the two
adjoining counties on the mainland
of Nova Scotia: employed more" than
11,000 persons directly engaged in
fishing on 4,000 vessels` and boats,
nearly 1,200 of the boats being gaso-
line motor boats. In addition some
4,000 laborers were employed in
baiting, packing, etc., making a total
of 15,000 engaged in the flatteries of
this district. •
-
To encourage this industry the
Canadian Government, during the
year mentioned, paid a bounty of
$27,265 to the vessels, boats; and
fishermen in the district. This was
at the rate of $1 for each registered
ton of the deep-sea fishing vessels,
and $5.90 to each member of the
crews, while the so-called shore fish-
ermen received $1 for each boat en-
gaged and $3.45 for .each fisherman
employed
To share in the bounty payments,
a person must have been engaged in
the fisheries for at least three months
and have caught not less than 2,500
pounds of fish. No bounty Is paid to
fishermen engaged in catching shell-
fish, salmon, Ash taken in or at the
mouths' of river's, oi' fish caught in
trap nets, pound nets, or weirs. To
assist the Industry in this particular
district the Government on its rail-
road has a.''ast refrigerator -car ser-
vtce one day each week from MuI-
graVe, on the Strait of Canso, to
Montreal, and on less than carload
lots of fresh fish the Government
makes payment of one-third of..the
expreee ehar'ges from the Atlantic
coast to points- in the Provinces of
Quebec and Ontario, Besides these
direct aids to the fisheries of the dis-
trict, eight hatcheries are main-
tained.
The fisheries had a very successful
season in 1915-16, not" only 'in the
quantity of fish obtained but also in
the good prices received. 'The quan-
tities and values of the 'Salt caught
and marketed in the past two years
were:. Season of 1914-15, 65,371,-
800 pounds; value lauded, 91,218,-
841; value marketed, 91,741,129;
season of 1915-16, 67,195,4110
pounds; value landed, $1,252,586;
value marketed, 12 09te,420,, •
CRA 1 TRUNK
RAILWAY
SYSTEM
Plan Your Summer
Vacation Now
Arrange to visit some of the toll-
lowing points. All beattty spots
close to uatllro,
52331(0l:a Lakes
Georgian Day
'einagami
A.lgougt4n Park
Lance of Days
Eawartha Lakes,
1011 information and doscrlpti'vo
literature may be scouted on applica-
tion to
C. 1 . fTorning,
Toronbo, Onit
Jt It,i1;14S1i'011.DD 4, 2 Cit,
P11,ope.
AND NOW . FOR SEEDING
Soil Should 13e Allowed, to Warm
Up lierore Planting.
SOME FIRST CROPS TO PUT IN
Beane Are a Splendid Food- l+roduet
to Grow This 1; car, --ftp to Pros
teed I,1 Seveeoi Lines.
2131' S, 0 30?fIs1ON, V0ga1slrip.
Steclallst, Qntarlo Department el'
Agriculture, Toren to.)
Having (Recused the. iuotheds 0f
proparlug the gar'aen soil to receive
tiro seed wo,now turn to the sowing
of the seed itself. There is 110 need
to hurry, the sowing of the seed. Bet-
ter results will be obtained if the
amateur gardener will wait until the
soli is warm and easily worked, Tee
vegetables dismissed are -tteeenged
as nearly as possible according to
the tune they should be planted.
14171'TUClf, Lettuce is grown for
its loaves, and is our best known
salad plant, it is a •short -season
plant, and 15 often grown to follpw
or precede soother erop.It'.is quite
hardy and may be planted quits
early in the spring, grown to matura.
it
y, y and fo 1
e
r note dithtender
suelr as tomatoes, or it Bri plant-
ed between any plants of the cabbage.
>a}oily, It 1s a good, plan in
small garden to' plant only a few feet
at one time and follow this with suc-
cessive plantings made every ten.
days or two weeks until July 1st.
The Lettuee seed may be sown In
rows comparatively thinly at a depth
of a quarter of an inch. The plants
should be thinned to stand two inches
•apart,
If one deaires Iarge single heads
of lettuce the plants should be thin-
ned to stand from seven to nine
igches apart. The thinnings may be
transplanted to another .part, of the
garden. •
- RADISH. The radish plant is
grown for its foots, which are eaten
raw just as soonvas they are large
enough
to use. It is quite hardy/.
and may be planted very early inthe
spring. Radishes are frequently
sown with other crops which are not
such rapid growers, such as pars-
nips, • They should, however, be
pulled out before the parsnips or
other crops need the ground. Suc-
cessive planting is also advised for
this crop. Radish . seed may be
planted in rows, four incbes .apart or
broadcasted, the depth preferred be-
ing from a quarter to half an inch
only. Radish a< a general rule re-
quire 310 thinning, and the soil be-
tween the rows should be kept loose
with the hos. A crop of winter
radish may be obtained If the seed is
sown about the first of August. These
should be thinned out to three inches
apart.
SPINACH. Spinach is a short
season crop which is grown to pro-
vide table greens. The plant matures
in about six weeks from planting,
and seed should be sown very early
in the spring, as the plants run to
seed during the hot summer months.
The seeds may be planted in rows or
broadcasted, and should be sown at
a depth of one half inch. Successive
planting may be made if so desired.
When the leaves are large enough to
use they may be pulled off or the
whole plant may be cut from the
root.
ONION. The onion is grown, for
seasoning, pickling, and for eating
raw. A large percentage of onions
stored for winter use are grown from
seed planted in the soil very early in
the spring, Thesoil should be rich,
moist and well drained, but fresh
manure is not the best to apply. The
seeds should be planted at a depth
of about one-half ilia, and the rows
should be trom,eltwelve, to fourteen
inches apart. The seed should be
planted very thinly ao that there
will be no need for extra thinning of
the onions. Cultivation should cease
when the onion tops are such a size
as to prevent easy work. In the fall
when the tops are about two-thirds
died down the onions should be pull-
ed and laid in,windrows so arranged
that the bulbs arecovered with the
tops, of the onions. This prevents
any sunburn' which causes consider-
• able trouble in storage. After they
have been kept in this position for
five or six days they may be gathered
up and placed in a slat box or
basket and tied up some way so that
the rain will not get at them and the
wind will have pleuty of chance to
circulate around the bulbs. The
tops may be removed from the onions
at this time if so desired, or they
may be left re. Dutch sets may be
planted as close together as they
will stand in a straight row very
early in the season. They should be
barely covered with soil, whleh
should be well firmed by tramping
on it, and the green onions should
be pulled as soon as they are ready
for use.
PI7 ts. Peas may be planted very
early in the season, and for the early
-crop the seed should be; sown in a
furrow of two inches deep and the
seeds placed an inch apart. Some ar-
raugements should be made so that
the pea vines will have some sup-
port. Limbs of trees or chicken
wire may be used for this purpose, as
the vines will chug to this for sup-
port aid will be kept up from the
ground, This support should be
preferably at the time of planting.
This soil, should be drawn up around
the vine.
BEANS. Generally speaking, It Is
hot a good practice to add fresh man -
tire to the soil ,t'her'e one expects to
grow beans, They prefer a moist,
•ddeep loam, The seeds should be
planted fairly early in the spring,
The rows being at least eighteen in-
ches apart. A furrow two inches
deep may be made with the corner of
a hoe and the seeds placed from two
to three inches apart In the bottom
of this furrow. Another way wileh
fel sometimes followed, in planting
beans is; to make holes two inches
deep twelve inches apart and in each
holo three or four seeds bet placed.
It Is always advised not to touch the
plant when they are wet. ,sae*
of
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Fei
ba.
Demand Exceeds Supply,
Mr. W. D. McPherson, chairman
the Soldiers' Aid Commission Of
ntario, announces'that at present
e demand for men is in exOose of
e supply. During the month of
oVomber the Commission had 342
plications far men and 233 wore
led. Geed salaries are being of•
rod for competent men. 01 these
aced during November one is re-
wing $40 per week, three X20, one
$, one 927, foul' $25, six $24, time
2, three 920. All through the
°rage is high, and the 0014unit-slot
s 110011 able to bee its afferts 20
Care for the Y'otnrued, theft it pro.
•eiiee consistent with itho worst and
644 00 th0lt laay.gid110ds, ,. ..
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Everq Dag is Alwags Some.
Fashion Dag thing New
The woman who chooses to pay $20 to $30 for a
Spring Suit can find a selection here at those prices
that will measure up to the most exacting requirements
of correctness of style, with quality that will give a
good account of itself in day to day wear. • Over sev-
entyfive styles to choose from.
Smartest Spring Coats for -,Immediate
wear at $0 to $35
Just to band this week. a few more Novelty Coats,
in the typical . new semi -sporting models, in light-
' weight velour checks, plain velours, coverts, gaba:tdines
,arid other novelty cloths, in all: the new shades, rose,
green, navy, black and tweede--Tile brightest sugges-
tions of spring.
' 1M/iiX Merl That is .Atwags Fresh
There is always sordething new to be seen in Our
nig Bright Showroom, Our system of weekly buying
insures ins a steady supply of the seasonle novelties as
they appeal' in the large centres.
TrlIS STORE POR 11IGILCLASS MILLINERY
The Cost of Growing
Potatoes
Iu' >otato growing provn)oes Mee
Now Isei uswtt t (hero ie always more
or lose dis0tietilon as to whoa it should
0004 to grow a good 'r01.3 . f' potatoes
and 0001101W vary 200111 as low as
$40.00 pet' ,sere to as high tie $125,00:
Naturally there will be emelt vtu4atlon
in cosh according to local oanditiops
and eseeoiallY to the .ability of the
land to pr0dueee without expou5ive
fertiliriu8, I1 should be both . 10
mind that it will 'usually nest the.
Notate speeialletmoio to grow his coop
thee, 1t will the fanner wholo1lews
mixed 'fuming and make.( his potato
mop merely 0110 of his many activities,
With a view td gettingg sciniel figures
under average conditions in Now
l3rnnswtair,'a careful theme has been
made at the Dominion liixpet'ilneutal
Station, 10iedoricioo, for the past
WO settee:is with an a0ve of ]and -set.
apart . for this eartiunlae purpose,
Neititer rent of land Dor ;depreciation
02
machinery was included lu the sal-
culatiop. for these two are 'items tlaat
are largely in the halide of the incliv-
ideal grower. 'Asa ouevei'reie, how -
(wee, 12 would be fah' to charge as
rout, 10% oi' the val0e of the lane end.
special potato machinery \vitt 115115001 -
ate from. 25 to 50 percent, per year if
used steadily for ten days retell season.
In 1010, the deprsciatiou of the potato
digger alone, used at the Fxperinzen tat
Station,. was $0 00 ler acro, In 1015,
the acre wee planted with Green Moun-
tain, Irish Cobbler and Empire State:,
Seed, cultural operations and haovest-
ing mist in all $07.03. Eighty barrels
of 185 poimels each of marketable
potatoes were obtained and. sold at
$1.75 per barrel making a profit over.
cost of produetiun of Otte ,per barrel.'_
Seven barrel's of culls were sold for
$3.00, so that the total profit for the
core amounted to $75.50, This land
was rather feet naturally and during
the very rainy weather of June and
July was several times flooded, mus-
ing missed hills and inferior plants
generally. This laud was originally
cleared many years ago and after oat-
ting bay for thirty years it was allot'-
ed to grow up to spruee, birch and al=
der. It was again cleared in 1918 and
grew buckwheat in 1914, In 1016, an
acre was planted with Green Mountain
seed. The totalcost amounted to
$82.313, the increase over 1015 being,
dire to high priced seed, higher priced
fertilizer ingredients and very dear
copper sulphate. One hundred and
twenty barrels of marketable potatoes
were harvested and could have been
sold at 52.25 per barrel, making a pro-
fit per barrel over cost of production
of $1.54, plus six barrels of culls at
50e, $3,00, making a total pt'o$t of
$190.20. Market price when potatoes
were dug was $2.25 per barrel. Later
they could have been sold at 83.25.
but are .held for seed, :this Iand.grew
hay for many years ariici Ives bro'keu
up and grew potatoes with 750 pounds.
fertilizer in 1913, corn with 18 tons.
barnyard manure iu 1014, oats without
manure in 1915. This land is on a
slope, fairly well drained aucl ecept
for washing out slightly between the
rows felt no bad effects from the Juno
deluge.
I Canada's Good Visiting. -
During the Canadian' fiscal year
1916-16 the fisheries of the Sydney
consular district, comprising the
island of Cape Breton and the two
adjoining counties on the mainland
of Nova Scotia: employed more" than
11,000 persons directly engaged in
fishing on 4,000 vessels` and boats,
nearly 1,200 of the boats being gaso-
line motor boats. In addition some
4,000 laborers were employed in
baiting, packing, etc., making a total
of 15,000 engaged in the flatteries of
this district. •
-
To encourage this industry the
Canadian Government, during the
year mentioned, paid a bounty of
$27,265 to the vessels, boats; and
fishermen in the district. This was
at the rate of $1 for each registered
ton of the deep-sea fishing vessels,
and $5.90 to each member of the
crews, while the so-called shore fish-
ermen received $1 for each boat en-
gaged and $3.45 for .each fisherman
employed
To share in the bounty payments,
a person must have been engaged in
the fisheries for at least three months
and have caught not less than 2,500
pounds of fish. No bounty Is paid to
fishermen engaged in catching shell-
fish, salmon, Ash taken in or at the
mouths' of river's, oi' fish caught in
trap nets, pound nets, or weirs. To
assist the Industry in this particular
district the Government on its rail-
road has a.''ast refrigerator -car ser-
vtce one day each week from MuI-
graVe, on the Strait of Canso, to
Montreal, and on less than carload
lots of fresh fish the Government
makes payment of one-third of..the
expreee ehar'ges from the Atlantic
coast to points- in the Provinces of
Quebec and Ontario, Besides these
direct aids to the fisheries of the dis-
trict, eight hatcheries are main-
tained.
The fisheries had a very successful
season in 1915-16, not" only 'in the
quantity of fish obtained but also in
the good prices received. 'The quan-
tities and values of the 'Salt caught
and marketed in the past two years
were:. Season of 1914-15, 65,371,-
800 pounds; value lauded, 91,218,-
841; value marketed, 91,741,129;
season of 1915-16, 67,195,4110
pounds; value landed, $1,252,586;
value marketed, 12 09te,420,, •
CRA 1 TRUNK
RAILWAY
SYSTEM
Plan Your Summer
Vacation Now
Arrange to visit some of the toll-
lowing points. All beattty spots
close to uatllro,
52331(0l:a Lakes
Georgian Day
'einagami
A.lgougt4n Park
Lance of Days
Eawartha Lakes,
1011 information and doscrlpti'vo
literature may be scouted on applica-
tion to
C. 1 . fTorning,
Toronbo, Onit
Jt It,i1;14S1i'011.DD 4, 2 Cit,
P11,ope.
AND NOW . FOR SEEDING
Soil Should 13e Allowed, to Warm
Up lierore Planting.
SOME FIRST CROPS TO PUT IN
Beane Are a Splendid Food- l+roduet
to Grow This 1; car, --ftp to Pros
teed I,1 Seveeoi Lines.
2131' S, 0 30?fIs1ON, V0ga1slrip.
Steclallst, Qntarlo Department el'
Agriculture, Toren to.)
Having (Recused the. iuotheds 0f
proparlug the gar'aen soil to receive
tiro seed wo,now turn to the sowing
of the seed itself. There is 110 need
to hurry, the sowing of the seed. Bet-
ter results will be obtained if the
amateur gardener will wait until the
soli is warm and easily worked, Tee
vegetables dismissed are -tteeenged
as nearly as possible according to
the tune they should be planted.
14171'TUClf, Lettuce is grown for
its loaves, and is our best known
salad plant, it is a •short -season
plant, and 15 often grown to follpw
or precede soother erop.It'.is quite
hardy and may be planted quits
early in the spring, grown to matura.
it
y, y and fo 1
e
r note dithtender
suelr as tomatoes, or it Bri plant-
ed between any plants of the cabbage.
>a}oily, It 1s a good, plan in
small garden to' plant only a few feet
at one time and follow this with suc-
cessive plantings made every ten.
days or two weeks until July 1st.
The Lettuee seed may be sown In
rows comparatively thinly at a depth
of a quarter of an inch. The plants
should be thinned to stand two inches
•apart,
If one deaires Iarge single heads
of lettuce the plants should be thin-
ned to stand from seven to nine
igches apart. The thinnings may be
transplanted to another .part, of the
garden. •
- RADISH. The radish plant is
grown for its foots, which are eaten
raw just as soonvas they are large
enough
to use. It is quite hardy/.
and may be planted very early inthe
spring. Radishes are frequently
sown with other crops which are not
such rapid growers, such as pars-
nips, • They should, however, be
pulled out before the parsnips or
other crops need the ground. Suc-
cessive planting is also advised for
this crop. Radish . seed may be
planted in rows, four incbes .apart or
broadcasted, the depth preferred be-
ing from a quarter to half an inch
only. Radish a< a general rule re-
quire 310 thinning, and the soil be-
tween the rows should be kept loose
with the hos. A crop of winter
radish may be obtained If the seed is
sown about the first of August. These
should be thinned out to three inches
apart.
SPINACH. Spinach is a short
season crop which is grown to pro-
vide table greens. The plant matures
in about six weeks from planting,
and seed should be sown very early
in the spring, as the plants run to
seed during the hot summer months.
The seeds may be planted in rows or
broadcasted, and should be sown at
a depth of one half inch. Successive
planting may be made if so desired.
When the leaves are large enough to
use they may be pulled off or the
whole plant may be cut from the
root.
ONION. The onion is grown, for
seasoning, pickling, and for eating
raw. A large percentage of onions
stored for winter use are grown from
seed planted in the soil very early in
the spring, Thesoil should be rich,
moist and well drained, but fresh
manure is not the best to apply. The
seeds should be planted at a depth
of about one-half ilia, and the rows
should be trom,eltwelve, to fourteen
inches apart. The seed should be
planted very thinly ao that there
will be no need for extra thinning of
the onions. Cultivation should cease
when the onion tops are such a size
as to prevent easy work. In the fall
when the tops are about two-thirds
died down the onions should be pull-
ed and laid in,windrows so arranged
that the bulbs arecovered with the
tops, of the onions. This prevents
any sunburn' which causes consider-
• able trouble in storage. After they
have been kept in this position for
five or six days they may be gathered
up and placed in a slat box or
basket and tied up some way so that
the rain will not get at them and the
wind will have pleuty of chance to
circulate around the bulbs. The
tops may be removed from the onions
at this time if so desired, or they
may be left re. Dutch sets may be
planted as close together as they
will stand in a straight row very
early in the season. They should be
barely covered with soil, whleh
should be well firmed by tramping
on it, and the green onions should
be pulled as soon as they are ready
for use.
PI7 ts. Peas may be planted very
early in the season, and for the early
-crop the seed should be; sown in a
furrow of two inches deep and the
seeds placed an inch apart. Some ar-
raugements should be made so that
the pea vines will have some sup-
port. Limbs of trees or chicken
wire may be used for this purpose, as
the vines will chug to this for sup-
port aid will be kept up from the
ground, This support should be
preferably at the time of planting.
This soil, should be drawn up around
the vine.
BEANS. Generally speaking, It Is
hot a good practice to add fresh man -
tire to the soil ,t'her'e one expects to
grow beans, They prefer a moist,
•ddeep loam, The seeds should be
planted fairly early in the spring,
The rows being at least eighteen in-
ches apart. A furrow two inches
deep may be made with the corner of
a hoe and the seeds placed from two
to three inches apart In the bottom
of this furrow. Another way wileh
fel sometimes followed, in planting
beans is; to make holes two inches
deep twelve inches apart and in each
holo three or four seeds bet placed.
It Is always advised not to touch the
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