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The above, I believe, is the best kind of bed for the 
varieties highest in price. 
For the more moderate priced bulblets, or those 
which we might term as medium priced, a bed on a 
larger scale is preferable. The rows in it may be 25 
feet long and the series of beds arranged so that each 
row will be in line with a row in the neighboring beds. 
Then with the Barker weeder, the cultivating can be 
done between each row for the length of the entire 
series of rows without turning for each row. The rows 
may be about six or eight inches in width and the bulb- 
lets sown in them quite thickly, just how thickly de¬ 
pending on their value, for the more room is given, the 
larger the resulting bulbs will be when dug in the fall 
and the more bulblets they will produce. When given 
room we estimate that on an average each bulblet will 
produce at least 25 bulblets the first season, some va¬ 
rieties making a great many more than this, but if 
crowded they will not make nearly so many bulblets. If 
planted at a uniform depth, digging will be greatly 
facilitated. 
With the rows about six to eight inches in width, 
a space of about 18 inches should be left between rows. 
If the space between every other row is made about 
24 inches, it will be useful as a working row. 
For weeding purposes, a plank 24 feet long will be 
useful. It will require a man at each end of the plank 
to lift it from one row to the next. Thus two men can 
weed on the same plank, placing it between every alter¬ 
nate row where the wide distances are. 
This kind of bed is going to require more hand weed¬ 
ing than the smaller bed first described. Many more 
