BEANS. 



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Statement of John B. Newcomb. 



The land on which I raised my beans is a very light soil, and 

 lias been in pasture for the last seven years. In the fall of 

 1852 I ploughed it up, when scouring ploughs for cattle show. 

 In May, 1853, 1 carted on something less than a cord of manure, 

 composed of the following ingredients : One cartload of stuff 

 from the hen roost, one load from under the stable floor, and 

 one load of mud and ashes. 



May 28 1 furrowed it out three feet apart and dropped the 

 manure in the furrows. Planted one foot apart, four beans in 

 a hill. Cultivated and hoed them about the middle of June. 

 October 3 I harvested the crop, and found it to measure four 

 and three-quarters bushels. 



Value of the crop : — 

 Four and three-quarters bushels, 



$9 50 



Profit, 



$4 75 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Horace Collamore. 



The half acre entered for premium on white beans was of 

 gravelly loam, "high and dry; " it was planted with potatoes 

 the last year. About eight loads of compost manure, mixed 

 with about thirty bushels of leached ashes, were carted on the 

 last of May and ploughed in and harrowed. The beans were 

 planted on the first day of June, two and a half feet one way 



