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BEAN CULTURE 



Depth to plant. — Comparatively shallow plantings 

 will give best results. Halsted* in several experi- 

 ments finds that planting at various depths of i to 5 

 inches showed little difference between the shallower 

 plantings. Those planted 5 inches did not grow. A 

 depth of I to 2 inches is here recommended. 



Method of planting. — On a commercial scale beans 

 are usually planted with a horse planter, or an or- 

 dinary grain drill. In cases of the latter, enough of 



FIG. 24 — SPRAYER USED IN BEAN FIELD. 



the tubes are closed to make the rows the proper dis- 

 tance apart. The grain drill is used extensively in 

 bean growing sections of New York and parts of 

 Michigan. Where the larger varieties of beans are 

 grown, the special bean planter is particularly pre- 

 ferred, as it handles the seed much more satisfactorily 

 than the grain drill. The regular bean planters, a 



•N J Rpt, 1896, pp 330-333; also p 382, Rpt 1899. 



