. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. H Fig. 7.—Digging bulbs. Harvesting the crop of bulbs is another rather tedious opera- ^ - '^ tion. (Fig. r.) Thus far in tlie investiga- tions of the Dejjartment of Agriculture this harvesting has been purely handwork. The operator works on his Imees with a light, short-handled spade. In the Netherlands a flat hand trowel is used, a tool which is not in our heavier soils. The proficient workman operates this with one hand and throws out the bulbs with the other, while the novice requires both hands in usi
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. H Fig. 7.—Digging bulbs. Harvesting the crop of bulbs is another rather tedious opera- ^ - '^ tion. (Fig. r.) Thus far in tlie investiga- tions of the Dejjartment of Agriculture this harvesting has been purely handwork. The operator works on his Imees with a light, short-handled spade. In the Netherlands a flat hand trowel is used, a tool which is not in our heavier soils. The proficient workman operates this with one hand and throws out the bulbs with the other, while the novice requires both hands in using the tool, letting go with one to pick up the bulbs. A day's work in our silty soils consists on an average of about four 50-foot beds a day, and 60 to 75 per cent more on loose sandy soils. Tulip bulbs are put into small trays, which are shoved along the ground as the bed is dug. These are emp- tied into baskets or directly upon screen shakers (fig. 8), which sift out the greater part of the dirt. The bulbs are then transferred to the bulb house. Nar- cissi and hyacinths, except the smaller sizes, are dug like tulips, thrown into rows between the beds, and transferred to the bulb house later. The time allowed them to dry in this way will depend. -A homemade shaker used to remove loose dirt from the bulbs after Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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