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of the bean downward one inch. If planted lower 

 than this depth, they usually decay. If it is warm 

 and early, the seed may be planted by the fifth of 

 May. After planting, examine the seed often. If 

 the beans are decaying instead of coming up, plant 

 over again, and repeat this process until there are 

 three or four strong plants within three or four 

 inches of each pole. Let the hills be five feet 

 apart each way, hoe often, and do not tolerate 

 a weed. The Long White Lima and Dreer's 

 Improved Lima are the only sorts needed. 



The Indians in their succotash taught us long 

 ago to associate corn with beans, and they hit 

 upon a dish not surpassed by modern invention. 

 This delicious vegetable is as easily raised as its 

 " hail-fellow well met," the bean. We have only 

 to plant it at the same time in hills from three 

 to four feet apart, and cover the seed two inches 

 deep. I have used the powdery fertilizers and 

 wood-ashes in the hill to great advantage, first 

 mingling these ingredients well with the soil. We 

 make it a point to have sweet-corn for the table 

 from July I until the stalks are killed by frost in 

 October. This is easily managed by planting dif- 

 ferent varieties, and continuing to plant till well 

 into June. Mr. Gregory writes : " For a suc- 

 cession of corn for family use, to be planted at the 

 same time, I would recommend Marblehead Early, 



