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are fairly started. This is a very important consider- 

 ation in the South, where the hot, dry weather may 

 arrive very soon. Transplanting-, if properly per- 

 formed, always secures a full stand, which is uncertain 

 where the seed is sown in open ground. Pulling the 

 plants results in more or less root pruning, and this 

 doubtless exerts some beneficial influence on the yield. 



"Experiments at many agricultural experiment 

 stations show how material is the increased yield. At 

 the Ohio station ten selected transplanted Prizetaker 

 bulbs weighed eight pounds and four ounces ; the same 

 number of bulbs, not transplanted, four pounds and 

 four ounces ; Pompeii, transplanted, seven pounds and 

 six ounces; not transplanted, four pounds and one 

 ounce ; White Victoria, transplanted, eight pounds and 

 six ounces ; not transplanted, three pounds and seven 

 ounces ; Yellow Danvers, transplanted, five pounds ; not 

 transplanted, two pounds and six ounces. Trans- 

 planting gave a decided increase with each of the 

 fourteen varieties tried, amounting to one hundred per 

 cent in some cases. 



"At the Michigan station transplanted Prizetaker 

 onions gave a yield of 548 bushels per acre, while 

 bulbs not transplanted yielded only 216 bushels; 

 Southport, transplanted, 296 bushels per acre; not 

 transplanted, 172 ; Giant Rocca, transplanted, 556 bush- 

 els ; not transplanted, no. Experiments at the Rhode 

 Island station gave a decided increase with Yellow 

 Danvers, Red Wethersfield and White Portugal. Red 

 Wethersfield onions transplanted at the Tennessee 

 station yielded 823 bushels per acre, while those not 

 transplanted produced at the rate of 206 bushels. 

 North Dakota station reports experiments with several 

 varieties, including Yellow Danvers, in which trans- 

 planted onions gave an increase from four to five times 



