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three to three and a half feet, and the seed dropped 

 from four to six inches apart in the drill (which 

 should be from an inch to an inch and a half in 

 depth). At this distance apart, about one bushel 

 of seed would be required per acre, where all the 

 land is devoted to the crop; but many prefer to 

 plant every fourth row with squash, so as to double- 

 crop the land. 



A fair average yield per acre would be from 

 three hundred to four hundred bushels; and the 

 crop ought to bring from seventy cents to one dol- 

 lar per bushel. A good picker should pick two 

 and a half barrels per day, or about eight 

 bushels. 



After the crop is fairly up, the cultivator should 

 be run through lightly; and, at the second hoeing 

 a little earth should be drawn toward the plants 

 to support them. They should never be hoed 

 or worked amongst, if it can possibly be avoided, 

 at times when they are wet, either by rain or dew, 

 as there is much danger of rusting or blighting 

 the crop. 



There is a large number of varieties of green 

 and wax beans and many of these are identical, 

 that is, they have been renamed by the grower or 



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