236 CULTIVATION OF 



WHEN the beans are two or three inches 

 above ground they mould be hoed in the 

 tow, to defhroy the weeds that are in the 

 line of the beans, and then a furrow 

 drawn with a plow between the rows. 

 This furrow mould be drawn as foon as 

 the beans are hoed, for if they are any 

 taller they will be in danger of being 

 broken. It may lie until the beans are a 

 foot high, and then be drawn up tp their 

 items with a hoe f 



BY this method of working the ground 

 is kept quite clean, and will be almoft as 

 good as another fummer fallow. The 

 goodnefs of the crop will pay all the ex- 

 traordinary expences triple, befides the ad- 

 vantage of tjie ground being kept clean. 



IF the ground intended for cabbages be 

 a ftrong rich loam (which is the very beft 

 for them) they will grow very large ; but 

 it fhould be plowed before winter, and lie 

 rough to mellow. If it is to be planted 

 with winter plants, which is alfo the beft 



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