74 Cultivation of Arable Land. Beans. Preparation for, and Time offowing* 



land into ridglets of about two feet fix inches or three feet in width, as early as 

 poffible in the autumn, after the manure has been applied, which mould conftantly 

 be laid on when beans are fovvn after grain crops ; in which ftate it fhould remain 

 until the period at which the beans are to be put in. By the ufe of a portion of 

 manure in this manner, the crops are rendered more flrong and vigorous in their 

 growth, at the fame time that the branching of their lateral moots is confider- 

 able promoted. There is no crop to which manure is moreufefully applied, than 

 to this. 



In thefe cafes the lands fhould always be ploughed into that form which fuits the 

 particular method of fowing which is to be practifed : where the crops are to be 

 drilled, they mould have the exact breadth which fuits the drill-machine ; but 

 where dibbling is made ufe of, that which is proper for the operation of the 

 fcuffler or fcarifier. 



By this method of ridging up the land in the autumn, and manuring it, on tht 

 moift kinds of heavy foils, much advantage is produced. This form of ridge 

 preserves the ground dry, and in a healthy condition, during the winter months, 

 and at the fame time prevents the manure that is included in the middle of 

 them from being diffolved and wafhed away by heavy rains ; and, in addition, 

 the land is kept in fo dry a flate at the feed-time, as to afford the cultivator aa 

 opportunity of putting in the beans whenever the weather is fair/ 



Proper attention mould likewife be paid to having the bufinefs of water 

 furrowing well performed in&amp;gt; the autumn at the time of ploughing the land. 



Where the drill culture is practifed, more frequent ploughings will be requ&amp;gt;- 

 fite,. in order that the land may be brought into fuch a ftate of tilth as that the 

 drill machine may diftribute the feed with uniformity. 



But a better practice is that of making ufe of the fcarifier and fcuffier, with*. 

 ut having recourfe to the plough, in the winter o-r fpringfeafon. 



Time of f owing. The feaforv of putting this crop into the ground mult do- 

 pend in fome meafure upon the nature of the climate and ikuation. In the 

 more mild and lefs expofed places, in the fouthern diftrids, they may be pot 

 inta the earth with propriety during the whole of the month of January ; and in 

 Aich as are more expofed, as early in February as the bufmefs- can be accorn- 

 plifhed with propriety* But in the more northern parts of the kingdom, a later 

 period may be more fuitable, as in March. When the period of planting. is 



* Cerrcded Report of Middlesex. 



