This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...raise, I can make more money from them selling at sixty cents a bushel, than I possibly could by growing Danvers, Yellow Globe or any other on the old plan, selling them at one dollar a bushel. It is surely no small job to take care of a crop such as can be grown on a single acre. It's a big thing. Never lose sight of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...raise, I can make more money from them selling at sixty cents a bushel, than I possibly could by growing Danvers, Yellow Globe or any other on the old plan, selling them at one dollar a bushel. It is surely no small job to take care of a crop such as can be grown on a single acre. It's a big thing. Never lose sight of that fact. I imagine some people will wish to know how onions can be most successfully wintered over. Under some circumstances it may pay well to store and hold them for spring sales. An onion storage house found on the grounds of a grower in Michigan has already been described in a preceding chapter. There is a party over in Canada who grows quite a number of acres of onions every year, and he invariably holds them until spring, and makes money by so doing. Of course, I was anxious to learn how he winters such big crops, and made inquiry. He wrote me as follows: "For the purpose of keeping onions during the winter we have erected two large rooms in the end of our barn, above ground. These rooms are almost frost-proof in the coldest weather; are provided with double windows at each end, and double doors at entrance from driveway on barn floor. All the walls have a dead air space. Building paper is tacked on in the inside of each boarding that forms the hollow space. "Onions are not put into these rooms in bulk, but in thousands of slatted bushel boxes. The windows are kept constantly open, except in very cold weather. The idea is to put in dry, well cured stock, and place it in such a way that it may always be airing at suitable times, and yet be secure against low degrees of temperature." Be sure to bear in mind the following general hints: Never attempt to keep onions that are not capped over perfectly, and not entirely dorman...
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New. New Condition Reprint of the original publication. Minimal shelf wear from storage, Cover looks very nice. inside is like new clean and crisp, Looks great. 154 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 1149477067. ISBN/EAN: 9781149477069. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561059867.
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