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and White wax. They should be planted 

 in rows two and one half feet apart, sowing 

 two to three inches deep, so the seed will 

 be from three to four inches apart in the rows. 

 This will take from twenty pounds of small 

 kinds to sixty pounds of seed per acre. The 

 culture of the bean is simple and easy. A deep 

 mellow seed bed should be prepared and the crop 

 should be cultivated often until the time of 

 bloom. Where irrigated, the water should be 

 sparingly used and never allowed to reach the 

 crowns of the plants, and cultivation should fol- 

 low each irrigation. Do not work beans when 

 the plants are wet with dew or rain. Watch for 

 and kill the bean beetle. (See chapter on insect 

 enemies.) They must be harvested by pulling 

 with dump rake, but it will usually be found 

 advisable to pull by hand, as the crop is valuable 

 and should not be lost by hurried methods, which 

 will shatter the beans. 



BOOT Every farmer with stock to feed should grow 



CROPS root crops to supply winter succulence. In the 



West there are few places where making silage 

 will pay. In a dry country, however, some suc- 

 culent food is most valuable. Root crops are 

 not grown for the amount of food material they 

 contain, so much as to supply a variety of feed 

 and to help the animals digest other foods given, 

 Turnips are most usually raised, and it costs 

 very little to produce the crop. They may be 



