TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 107 



contents weighed 66^ ounces — this, if the rows be one foot asun- 

 der, is at the rate of 5486 pounds, or 93 bushels per acre. The 

 beans in this state appear to be proper food for horses, or for 

 feeding hogs ; but being hard should be soaked in water or 

 bruised. 



EXPERIMENT, No. 2. 



1811, Dec. 31. — Sowed several rows of beans very thick in the 

 drills. 



1812, Feb. 19. — The crop about 15 inches high, and in blos- 

 som, in 50 days. 



April 12. —Not so well advanced at this time as No. 3, which 

 was sown 9 days later: this proves the superiority of placing the 

 seeds at some distance in the drills. 



EXPERIMENT, No. 3. 



1812, January 9. — Opened drills 15 inches asunder — beans 

 sown 3 inches apart in the drills ; and 3 inches deep. 



January 19. — Finely come up. 



February 20. — Blossoms appearing : this is 42 days after 

 sowing. 



March 13. — Many pods in a green state— fit for gathering in 

 64 days. 



April 9. — Leaves withered and falling of}'— many pods fully 

 ripe and fit for gathering in three months after planting. 



EXPERIMENT, No. 4. 



1812, February 22. — Sowed six rows 4 feet asunder: 3 inches 

 from bean to bean in the drills. 



April 4. — In blossom — luxuriant crop — 18 inches high in 42 

 days. 



April 10. — Observed a good many young i)ods in 48 days. 



