74 BEAN CULTURE 



Amount of seed to use. — The distance apart of 

 drills varies from 24 to 36 inches but the usual dis- 

 tance is 28 inches. Prof. A. M. Ten Eyck* reports 

 that beans drilled in rows 2 feet apart gave a larger 

 yield and earlier crop than when drills were made 

 3 feet apart. Experiments by Doctor Halsted** in 

 planting beans at distances of 3, 4^2, 6, 9, 12, 18 



FIG. 23 CULTIVATOR OFTEN USED FOR BEANS. 



and 24 inches in rows 20 inches apart resulted in 

 favor of 4^ inches apart in the row for best yield. 

 This was with the Golden Wax variety. A signifi- 

 cant fact which should not be lost sight of in his ex- 

 periment is that the number of spotted pods de- 

 creased as the distance between the plants increased. 

 This would indicate that bean plants cannot be 

 crowded without inviting fungous diseases. On the 



•N P Rpt for 1900, pp 98-101. ""N J Rpt, 1895, p 290. 



