CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page 



History and Botany 1-5 



The common bean, i ; Commercial 

 field beans, 2; Different types 

 of beans, 3. 



CHAPTER n. 

 Conditions Affecting Growth . . . 6-1 1 



Heat, moisture, air, 6; Conserving soil 

 moisture, 6; Importance of soil tem- 

 perature, 7; Air conditions, 8; Electri- 

 cal influence on beans, 8; Copper 

 sulphate effects, 9; Conditions affect- 

 ing bean cooking, 9; Reproductive 

 powers, 10; Beans self fertile, 10. 



CHAPTER HI. 

 Soil and Fertilizers .... 12-20 



Fertile soil, 13; Good bean soil, 13; 

 Soil as adapted to variety, 14; Fer- 

 tilizers to use, 15; Co-operative fertili- 

 zer tests, 18. 



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