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fine, and, when in good order, sell well ; but they become 

 spotted more readily, and are not so extensively planted 

 as the others. The time for sowing may be, approxi- 

 mately, for the vicinity of Savannah, from the first to 

 the middle of March, later to the northward, and earlier 

 to the southward ; in the middle of Florida, it may be 

 safely planted as early as January 10th, and still further 

 south, at any time in the winter. In 1881 the first beans 

 from Florida came into the Savannah market on Decem- 

 ber 22d. Formerly vegetables regarded as out of season, 

 could find no sale in the Northern markets, but now 

 beans in limited quantities, bring fair prices in March. 



SOIL. 



The lightest land of the farm may be appropriated to 

 the bean crop; but a sandy loam suits it best. Like 

 other leguminous plants, it will grow fairly upon good 

 soil without recent fertilization ; though, like other mar- 

 ket vegetables, it should be manured, and green, or 

 fresh stable manure is considered most beneficial. The 

 land being properly plowed and harrowed, straight fur- 

 rows, if the land is level, are laid off, thirty inches apart. 

 The manure is drilled from the tail of a cart, or with a 

 manure distributor, at the rate of thirty wagon loads to 

 the acre, then covered by the plow. The resulting ridge 

 beds are leveled by means of a board attached to a plow 

 beam, taking two at a time, or by hoe or rake. 



To avoid repetitions, it may be stated here, that, for 

 all vegetables hereafter to be treated, when manuring 

 in the drill and planting on beds are mentioned, these 

 operations of covering the manure and partly leveling 

 the bed, must be understood to have preceded the putting 

 in of the seed. 



SOWING THE SEED. 



The methods of depositing the seeds are various. One 

 of the very best trucl ers 'n the vicinity of Savannah has 



