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The best yield was obtained from the Red Hopi variety, which 

 produced 672 pounds of beans and 1911 pounds of straw per acre, 

 while the smallest yield was produced by Yellow Hopi beans, which 

 returned 408 pounds of beans and 1296 pounds of straw per acre. 

 Hopi limas grew vigorously throughout the season and set numer- 

 ous pods, usually containing two, occasionally one or three beans 

 each, and yielded at the rate of 560 pounds of beans and 912 pounds 

 of straw per acre. 



The results obtained from July i)lantings were not so satisfac- 

 tory, damage by grasshoppers and rabbits materially diminishing 

 yields. The Dwarf Valentine variety, yielding 660 pounds of beans 

 and 528 pounds of straw per acre, gave best results. One plot of 

 White teparies seeded at the rate of eight ])()un(ls per acre produced 

 612 j)ounds of beans and 576 pounds of straw per acre, and a plot 

 of Trammell yielded 500 pounds of beans. 



Si.x plots of White teparies were planted July 17 and 18 at 

 varying rates, and consequent yields indicate the desirability of thin 

 seeding. The better yield from the plot seeded in thirty-six inch 

 rows at the rate of eight pounds per acre is partly due to more fa- 

 vorable soil and moisture conditions. 



Twenty-one varieties uf beans were tested in 1915. Most of 



Fig. 38. — Dry-farmed milo, melon.s, and bean.=!, near Cochise, Arizona. 



