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seed; but when cut down, they yielded an 

 excellent crop in the month of November. 



This species of pulse is extremely prolific 

 when planted in suitable soil. A single He- 

 ligoland horse-bean, planted in the garden 

 of Beaulieu poor-house, in the year 1821, 

 produced 126 pods, which contained 399 

 good beans fit for seed ; and had the plant 

 not been blown down by the wind in the 

 midst of its bloom, there is reason to sup- 

 pose it would have produced nearly double 

 the quantity. 



Field beans are cultivated exclusively for 

 horses. 



Beans make one of the finest of all baits 

 for fish, if prepared in the following manner : 

 Steep them in warm water for about six hours; 

 then boil them in river-water in a new earthen 

 pot, glazed in the inside ; when about half 

 boiled, to a quart of beans add two ounces 

 of honey, and about a grain of musk ; after 

 which let them boil for a short time. Select 

 a clear part of the water, and throw in a few 

 of these beans early in the morning, and 

 again at evening, for two or three days, 

 which will draw the fish together, and they 

 may be taken in a casting net in great 

 numbers. 



