Thick targets of AgCN and

{}^{10}B

were bombarded with

{}^{14}N

ions accelerated in the Oak Ridge Tandem Van de Graaff. The amount of

{}^{13}N

present in each irradiated sample was determined by the detection of the 10-min positron activity characteristic of the isotope. In this manner cross sections were measured for the neutron-transfer reactions

{}^{14}N

(

{}^{14}N

{}^{13}N

)

{}^{15}N

and

{}^{10}B

(

{}^{14}N

{}^{13}N

)

{}^{11}B

. The (assumed equal) neutron reduced widths in

{}^{14}N

and

{}^{15}N

were determined by applying the tunneling theory to the

{}^{14}N

-on-

{}^{14}N

measurements. The reduced width in

{}^{11}B

was then calculated from the cross-section data for the reaction of

{}^{14}N

{}^{10}B

by the use of the now measured reduced width in

{}^{14}N

. The

{}^{14}N

and

{}^{11}B

reduced widths were found to agree with the same values as determined from the bound-state, single-particle, radial wave functions that have been calculated by using a Woods-Saxon potential. In resolving the experimental decay curves, 2- and 20-min components were found for the

{}^{14}N

and

{}^{10}B

targets, respectively. These activities were ascribed to the

{}^{15}O

and

{}^{11}C

which result from the proton-transfer reactions

{}^{14}N

(

{}^{14}N

{}^{15}O

)

{}^{13}C

and

{}^{10}B

(

{}^{14}N

{}^{13}C

)

{}^{11}C

; cross sections for these reactions were also measured.

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