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Of the varieties used for green shell beans the Red Pod Horticul- 

 tural of some strain will be found most satisfactory. Try to find 

 some strain which has done well in your vicinity and plant that. The 

 early and late crops of this bean seem to be most profitable and least 

 liable to spot. It may be planted as early as April 8 and as late as 

 July 10, with a fair show of getting a crop. New land or land lately 

 in grass seems peculiarly adapted to Red Pod shell beans. Pole 

 varieties of the Red Pod beans are often very profitable. Brockton 

 and Worcester are standard varieties. 



To get beans up well in a dry time pursue this method carefully: 

 open three furrows with the plow, sow two of these and cover them 

 2 or 3 inches deep, leaving one row as a guide. Open two more 

 furrows and sow two, and so continue till the plot is planted. Do 

 not leave the open furrow exposed to the sun over fifteen minutes if 

 you would like to have good results. A Planet Jr. No. 5 seed drill 

 is a good machine to sow and cover beans with, but even then the 

 plow should be used in a dry time and the machine run in the bottom 

 of the furrow. A careful plowman can cover beans very nicely with 

 the plow, and for summer planting there is no better way than to 

 have the plowman open the furrows and cover the seed while another 

 man sows the beans. Beans are considered good for seed up to 

 three years old. 



Corn". 



Since the New England Corn Exposition of last November, with 

 its lectures and literature, there seems to be little left to say in 

 regard to corn culture. Market gardeners plant corn early in April, 

 from the 8th to the 15th for the Corey variety, in rows 4 feet apart 

 and hills 2 feet apart, putting in eight or ten kernels to a hill, and 

 covering not over 1 inch deep. Some plant by hand, but much of 

 the planting is done with the Planet Jr. No. 5. Spinach is sown 

 between the rows of corn. 



As soon as the spinach is harvested a thorough cultivation with 

 the plow and cultivator is given, and the corn thinned to three or 

 four plants in a hill and hoed. The corn is hilled or ridged up at 

 the second hoeing, and all of the cultivation given with the horse 

 cultivator, running it through the rows as often as once a week until 

 the corn is in silk. 



About the 1st of July, when the corn is in silk, the ground is 

 thoroughly wet down and celery set between the rows. This watering 

 makes a sure thing of the corn crop, hastens maturity and improves 

 the quality of the com. Corn treated in this way will produce a crop 

 worth from $150 to $200 per acre, and should mature from July 20 

 to 25. 



The Crosby corn can be grown in the same way and with the same 

 combination, to a good profit. It matures from July 25 to August 1. 



