H46 HOW TO MAKE THE FABM PAY. 



most of the pods are ripe, and before thej begin to open ; they 

 should then be thoroughly dried, and threshed on a clean floor. 

 Care must be taken to avoid loss from scattering during the 

 drvins, and they should, if possible, be sheltered from rain 

 during this curing process. Where the crop is small, the pods 

 are usually gathered by hand. In either case they must be 

 very thoroughly dried by exposure to the sun or to the heat 

 of a drying kiln before they are put up in bulk, in bags, barrels 

 or boxes; for if any moisture remains in them they will be 

 certain to heat and become mouldy and worthless. They 

 should therefore always be kept spread out thin on a dry floor 

 until they are completely cured. 



The White Marrow ^ve consider the best for field culture, 

 although the Eed bean is the one usually cultivated. The White 

 Kidney and China Eed Eye make good field crops, although not 

 gften zo gtown. !?orty bushels per acre can be raised on good 

 corn land with the same manuring and cultivation required to 

 produce a good corn crop. The bulk of the Southern crop is 

 shipped to New York in the green state for string beans, and 

 meet a rapid sale at high prices. With increased attention to 

 the crop it could be readily doubled and brought into market a ? 

 few days earlier. 



Cauliflower and Broccoli are substantially the same 

 thing under different names; the latter being planted for fall 

 use. and the former for the summer market. Any soil that will 

 grow early cabbages, will also grow cauliflower ; but the latter 

 being a more valuable crop will repay extra jnanuring and 

 preparation. Watering in dry weather, even by hand, is ad. 

 vantngeous. The gardeners of Charleston, Savannah, and Nor- 

 folk have a great advantage in raising these vegetables. The 

 seeds are sown in September or October. In four or five wrecks 

 trajasplant into cold frames, and plant out in March or April. 



