64 ROWS OF BEANS. [ FEB ' 



sand of I Os. an acre. Beans are never seen in 

 Norfolk, on sands that let from JOs. to 15s., and 

 even more per acre; and this is a deficiency in their 

 husbandry. 



QUANTITY OF SEED BEANS. 



The quantity of seed will depend much on the 

 distance at which the crop is drilled or dibbled. It 

 takes about two bushels of horse-beans to an acre, 

 the rows equi-distant at 18 inches ; and it demands 

 six bushels of Windsors, put in in the same man- 

 ner. The quantity of seed proper for other va- 

 rieties, will necessarily be in proportion to the size 

 of the grain ; and the variation of distance in the 

 rows, will demand seed in proportion to these 

 quantities for the distance named. It is in almost 

 every case better to put in a peck too much than 

 half a peck too little. 



THE ROWS OF BEANS. 



Brans are drilled from 12 to 24 inches, equi- 

 distant. In Suffolk, by many farmers at 12 inri; 

 but, on good land, they will then be evidently too 

 thick, and draw themselves up, without podding 

 bt-low. Eighteen is a better distance, and used by 

 the best farmers. In Kent, 14 and 16 inches is 

 the distance adopted by many. In Essex, I have 

 -lated double rows at nine, with intervals of 

 27 inches. I have had great products on layers, 

 from double rows, at nine, with intervals of 18, 

 and al , two Jlags planted and two or 



three missed, for intervals ; the former, viz. the 

 double rows, with intervals of Q and 18 inches, 



have, 



