192 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



BEAN. 



The bean is a tender annual, and does not grow to 

 perfection in cold weather. Its value as a food has 

 long been recognized, but the people in this country 

 are slow in adopting it as food for animals, though for 

 household consumption it is used extensively. In 

 Europe and Asia, it is used largely as feed. The main 

 reason for its not being used more extensively in the 

 United States is that much time is consumed in gath- 

 ering. As soon as we shall be able to harvest it by 

 horse- power, we will use it largely in feeding domestic 

 animals. 



Seedsmen divide beans into two classes the bush 

 beans and the pole beans. Each of these classes re- 

 quires quite different treatment. We will consider the 

 bush or dwarf kind first. 



BUSH BEAN. 



This is the kind (see Fig. 30) that is used for ship 

 ping purposes, as snap-beans or snaps. In some por- 



