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Department Bulletin No. 1269. — Relation of Land Tenure to 

 Plantation Organization: 



Area and extent of the plantation system 2 



Characteristics of the plantation system . 8 



Organization and management 11 



Plantation labor 19 



Wage labor 23 



Cropper labor 29 



Tenant labor 32 



Relations of laborers and tenants to plantation operators and land- 

 lords 38 



Renting arrangements 38 



Labor supervision 42 



Labor movements and occupancy 44 



Selection of enterprises, and diversification 52 



Credit 60 



Marketing 65 



Conclusions 67 



Department Bulletin No. 1270. — The Production op Narcissus 

 Bulbs: 



Explanation of terms 1 



Securing stock for planting 2 



How bedding and forced bulbs should be handled 4 



Preparation of the bulbs for planting 5 



Preparation of the soil 5 



Planting 5 



Time of planting 6 



Autumn treatment of the beds 6 



Cultivation 7 



Mulching 7 



Spring work on the beds 7 



Second year of the biennial crop 8 



Roguing 8 



Disposition of the rogues 8 



Digging 8 



Daffodil and tulip digging compared 9 



Removing loose soil from the bulbs 9 



Storage 10 



Curing 11 



Changes in the bulbs as they dry 11 



Breaking the bulbs apart 12 



Sizers and sizing 13 



Drainage and soil percolation 14 



Use of lime 15 



Fertilizers in commercial culture 15 



Daffodils a biennial crop 16 



Culture for cut flowers 16 



Harvesting flowers 17 



Removing the faded flowers 17 



Appearance of the flower spike 17 



Difference in cost of varieties 18 



Special items 18 



Enemies 23 



Where narcissus bulbs are grown • 24 



Relative use of varieties 25 



Breeding daffodils 25 



Naturalizing varieties 26 



Yields 26 



Conditions of daffodil culture 28 



Narcissus varieties and their classification 29 



Recommend ations 30 



