The knives are placed V-shaped, and so put two rows into one. After pulling they are 

 bunched up by hand in some cases, but more frequently a side delivery rake is used. 

 This will rake three or four rows into one. The beans are left to dry for a few days and 

 then turned over, and after another day's drying they are usually ready to take into 

 the barn. A great deal depends on the weather. If the weather is wet, the only way 

 to save the crop is to turn them often, as care must be taken not to draw them in when 

 damp. Each sling load should be mowed when it is put into the mow. It is a good 

 plan to place a big pole across the mow, so that the sling load will drop on it and be 

 broken up, thus making it much easier to mow away. 



As soon as the beans are harvested, it requires but a small amount of work to make 

 the land ready for fall wheat. 



As a rule, the yield varies greatly, some yields being as high as 35 bushels an acre 

 and others as low as 12 bushels. The threshing is not done with an ordinary threshing 

 machine, but with a machine specially constructed, having two cylinders, a slow- 

 moving one and one that runs quickly. The bean straw is very good feed for cattle or 

 sheep, and should be kept in the barn if possible. 



Western market prices will not be influenced- this year by foreign beans, and for 

 that reason we should produce a bumper crop. The world will need them. 



Prices of Beans at Blenheim, Ont. 

 Each Month Since July, 1915 



1914 1915 1916 



January $2 . 50 



February 3.00 



March 3.10 



April 3.00 



May.... 2.75 



June 3.00 



July $1.70 3.00 



August 2.25 3.00 



September 2.75 3.00 



October 2.25 3.00 



November 2.25 3.00 



December 2.25 3.75 



$3.50 

 3.50 



British Imports of Beans 



The import of beans (not fresh) other than haricot beans, to the United Kingdom 

 in 1913 and 1914 were: 



From 1913 1914 



Cwt. Cwt. 



India 43,121 32,650 



New Zealand 15,880 4,650 



Other British 5,690 12,137 



Total British 64,691 49,437 



China 1,291,980 1,254,684 



Germany 49,450 19,750 



Russia 67,635 8,890 



Other Foreign 66,649 108,798 



Total 1,540,405 1,441,559 



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