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Kinds 219 



I. Field Beans 



Relationships 219 



Common characters, p. 221 ; Variable characters, p. 



221 ; Varieties, p. 221 ; Distribution and yield, p. 222; 



Adaptation, p. 223 ; Planting, p. 224; Culture, p. 224; 



Harvesting, p. 225 ; Diseases, p. 226 ; Insects, p. 227 ; 



Threshing, p. 228. 

 History and Use 229 



II. Field Peas 



Relationships 230 



Description, p. 230; Varieties, p. 231; Distribution, 



p. 231 ; Adaptation, p. 232; Seeding, p. 232; Diseases 



and insects, p. 233 ; Harvesting, p. 234. 

 Uses . . 234 



III. Peanuts 



Description 234 



Composition, p. 235; Varieties, p. 235; Distribution 

 and yield, p. 236; Adaptation, p. 237; Soil amend- 

 ments, p. 237; Planting, p. 237; Seed, p. 238; Culti- 

 vation, p. 238; Harvesting, p. 239; Uses, p. 239. 



Practicum 240 



Field beans, p. 240. 

 Collateral Reading . . 240 



CHAPTER XIII 



LEGUMES FOR SEED 



C '0a peas 



Relationships 241 



Roots, p. 241 ; Common characters, p. 241 ; Variable 

 characters, p. 242; Variations due to environment, 

 p. 243; Classification, p. 244; Varieties, p. 245; 

 Cross-fertilization, p. 246; Composition, p. 247; 

 Digestibility, p. 247; Distribution, p. 248; Adapta- 

 tion, p. 248. 



