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crop grew about 5 feet high and yielded a satisfactory crop of seed. 

 In the meantime, on 15th November, maize (Hickory King) had been 

 thinly sown for cobs in drills 6 feet apart, alternating with the rows of 

 beans. The beans were harvested about the end of December, and the 



intervals between the rows of maize kept cultivated at periods of about 

 a. fortnight. The heavy rain which fell shortly after the New Year made 

 it certain that a great number of the self sown beans which had fallen 

 from the lower pods on the stalks would speedily germinate. About \ 



