BEANS AND PEAS. 



ORLEANS COUNTY. 



Statement of C. Lee, of Barre, Orleans county, of his crop of 

 white beans, yielding nine bushels on thirty-six rods of land, or forty 

 bushels per acre. 



The soil a compact clay loam, much reduced by cropping ; wheat 

 on the land the last year. Three loads of unfermented barn-yard 

 manure, and two loads of tan, over twenty years old, were put on the 

 land and immediately turned under ', well pulverized with the drag, 

 and planted on the 12th day of May in drills, in which the plants 

 were thinned to an average of about three inches apart, the rows 

 three feet apart. It was hoed twice, the cultivator passed through 

 three times. Soon after the second hoeing, a compound of two bar- 

 rels of pulverized charcoal, saturated with urine, were put in the 

 ground a few inches from the plants, and covered with earth, which 

 produced a sudden change in color, and rapid growth. When fully 

 grown they entirely covered the ground. 



I think it may be useful to state the manner of harvesting. On 

 the 6th of September they were stacked around stakes nine feet long, 

 mostly without spurs or limbs, (although a few are preferable,) and 

 so small as not to mold, and capped with straw. The roots should 

 be so placed as not to be in sight in the stack. They will keep good 

 in this manner until near winter without injury. I believe the above 

 to be the cheapest method of harvesting and drying — with care none 

 will be lost. 



ONEIDA COUNTY. 



Statements of the premium crops of white beans and peas, from 

 the proceedings of the Oneida County Agricultural Society. 



BEANS. 



Benjamin W. Dwigkf, Clinton. 



Thirty-nine bushels and 3 pecks per acre. Soil, gravelly loam. 

 Previous crop, potatoes. Plowed twice, five inch furrow. Planted 

 27th and 28th Mayj half bushel of seed to acre. 



