Bui. 1082, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE IX. 



Fig. I. — ^The Operation of Taking the Bulbs Out of the Ground. 



There are no surface indications, but the bulbs are in rows 6 inches apart. The digger is starting 



after the next row. 



Fig. 2. — Screening Tulip Bulbs. 



In digging large lots the bulbs are screened after digging in a machine such as the one here illus- 

 trated, about a bushel at a time. The tray in front ofthe boy in Figure 1 is shaken by hand to 

 remove the dirt when the lots of bulbs are small. 



DIGGING TULIPS. 



