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 of the boy hi Figure 1 is shaken by hand to 
remove the dirt when the lots of bulbs are small. 
DIGGING TULIPS. 
