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used at the rate of from 500 to 800 pounds an acre should be sufficient 

 for the average type of soil under ordinary conditions. The fertilizer 

 can best be distributed in the row. Two furrows should be lapped 

 over the fertilized row, the ridge thus made rolled flat and the seeds 

 planted on this flattened ridge. Planting may be done either by hand 

 or with a seed drill. About one pint of bush beans will plant 100 

 running feet; one half -pint of pole beans, the same distance. 



Varieties: 



Beans (Snaps, wax podded soets) — Dwarf Golden Wax (a standard 

 variety) ; Wardwell's Kidney Wax. 



Beans (Snaps, geeen podded sorts) — Red Valentine (standard 

 early) ; Giant Stringless Green Pod; Improved Refugee. 



Beans (Limas, dwarf) — Fordhook Bush Lima; Henderson's Bush 

 Lima. 



Beans (Limas, pole) — North Carolina Butter Bean. 



Beans (Snap, pole) — Case Knife; Horticultural; Lazy Wife; Ken- 

 tucky Wonder. 



BEETS. 



Like all root crops where the edible portion is grown underground, 

 beets need a deep, rich, mellow soil. In poor, shallow, cloddy land 

 the roots are usually short and irregular in shape and size. Beets that 

 are smooth, round, and regular will always sell better than those that 

 are rough and ill-shaped. As rapid maturity is a consipleration in 

 growing beets for early market, "quick" soils are necessary. Very early 

 beets are sometimes grown in well-enriched cold frames. 



For best results the soil should be thoroughly pulverized, deep, and 

 well drained. Subsoiling and tile draining will often be found bene- 

 ficial on land that is to be planted to beets. The land should be har- 

 rowed thoroughly before and after plowing. It is advisable to keep 

 the soil stirred before planting in order that it may not dry out. The 

 seeds having around them a husk that is rather impervious to water, 

 require a considerable amount of moisture for germination. Beets are 

 usually planted in rows 14 to 18 inches apart and the plants thinned 

 to 6 to 8 inches apart in the row. As beets are comparatively slow in 

 germinating, radishes are sometimes sown with the beets to come up and 

 mark the rows. Cultivation can then be started earlier and the radishes 

 will come off before the beets need the room. This, however, cannot 

 always be conveniently done on a large scale. Cultivation can be 

 given either with a wheel-hoe or by horse cultivation. The soil should 

 be kept loose at all times, so that the fleshy roots will have no trouble 

 in forming in the ground. 



It is advisable to plant beets in a rotation with crops under which 

 stable manure is used freely, as it is better for beets to have the manure 

 applied under previous crops. If stable manure is applied immediately 

 before planting, it should be well rotted and thoroughly and evenly in- 



