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easily; if this is done many more beans will be 

 produced and there will be no loss from the 

 earlier beans shelling out on the ground as they 

 will when the vines are left for the entire crop 

 to ripen. Usually it will be necessary to go over 

 the vines about four times but the result will be 

 a much greater quantity of beans and all in the 

 finest possible condition; when left until all are 

 ripe it will be found that there is a considerable 

 amount of mouldy or injured beans. 



Lima beans require somewhat different treat- 

 ment from the string or navy bean; to begin 

 with they require a much richer soil and the 

 ground should be well manured and a supple- 

 mentary dressing of hen manure, rabbit drop- 

 pings or ashes about the plants when well estab- 

 lished will be of much benefit ; they require more 

 room in the row than the string beans, not less 

 than eight or nine inches with the rows two feet 

 apart; the beans should be planted about two 

 inches deep, setting the seed with the eyes down- 

 ward and covering and tramping the rows. 

 Rather late planting is advisable for limas than 



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