~ ONION SEED: NORMAL BULB ONIONS ~. Many people grow onions from seed as it is so much cheaper than from sets, and the range of varieties available is better. Onions won't germinate in cold soil, and need quite a long time to make a bulb, so there are three times to sow onions from seed: ONION SEED: NORMAL BULB ONIONS ~. Many people grow onions from seed as it is so much cheaper than from sets, and the range of varieties available is better. Onions won't germinate in cold soil, and need quite a long time to make a bulb, so there are three times to sow onions from seed:
Scientifically, the term buffalo is incorrect for the North American species; its proper Latin name is Bison bison. However, common usage has made the term buffalo an acceptable synonym for the American bison. (from The American Buffalo in Transition, by J. Albert Rorabacher.).
William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) got his nickname after the American Civil War when he had a contract to supply Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with buffalo meat. Cody is purported to have killed 4,280 American bison (commonly known as buffalo) in eighteen months, (1867â1868).