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All plantings were carried on as projects. The year was 

 divided into three seasons, namely, the cool, which includes Oc- 

 tober, November, December, and January ; the dry season, which 

 Includes February, March, April, and part of May; and the wet 

 season, which usually begins about the middle of May and in- 

 cludes June, July, August, and September. Naturally no keen 

 line of demarkation can be drawn between the three seasons, 

 but they are sufficiently well marked as to have distinctly 

 different effects upon plant growth. 



PROJECT 1. COOL SEASON 



Project 1 was started early in November, 1915. Owing to 

 weather conditions during November, it was not possible to 

 make all of the plantings on the same day. The extremely heavy 

 rains made the replanting of most varieties necessary, and 

 many had to be replanted the second time. However, climatic 

 conditions were so nearly the same during November and part 

 of December, 1915, that the variance in the planting dates prob- 

 ably had little effect on the ultimate results. 



The soil on which all of the beans were planted was a heavy 

 clay loam underlaid with a stiff adobe subsoil. The surface 

 soil ranged from 30 to 70 centimeters deep, and owing to the 

 prevalence of cementing materials, it had to be continually 

 stirred to prevent baking. No crop was grown on the land dur- 

 ing the previous rainy season. The soil was dug up with the 

 spading fork and then worked into a mellow consistency with the 

 hoe and rake. All plats were 5 by 10 meters, with a 30-centi- 

 meter path between the plats. The seeds were planted in rows 

 70 centimeters apart, and the plants stood 50 centimeters apart, 

 with one plant in the hill, excepting the large Limas, which were 

 planted 1 meter each way. Cultivations were given two or three 

 times each week during the entire growing period. 



Table II shows the varieties in order of their rank, which 

 were considered worthy at the first harvest. 



