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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



Beans. The most generally planted beans are those 

 known as string or snap beans. Of the many varieties, 

 all are sensitive to cold, and hence must not be planted 

 until frost is over. 



Another widely grown kind of bean is the lima or 

 butter bean. There are two varieties of the lima bean. 



One is large and 

 grows generally 

 on poles. This 

 kind does best in 

 the Northern 

 States. The 

 other is a small 

 bean and may be 

 grown without 

 the use of poles. 



FIG. 225. READY FOR SHIPMENT This kind is best 



suited to the 



warmer climates of the Southern States. 



Cabbage. In comparatively warm climates, the first 

 crop of cabbage is generally grown in the following way. 

 The seeds are sowed in beds in September, and the plants 

 grown from this sowing are in November transplanted to 

 ground laid off in sharp ridges. The young plants, in 

 order that they may be somewhat protected from the cold 

 of winter, are set on the south side of the ridges. As 

 spring approaches the ridge is cut down at each working 

 until the field is leveled. 



Early cabbages need heavy applications of manure. In 

 the spring, nitrate of soda applied in the rows is very 

 helpful. 



