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when the plants first appeared above ground, they were es- 

 pecially promising. 



After about the third day very marked changes could be seen 

 taking place in all of the varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris. There 

 was a general yellowing of the leaves, and the small hopper 

 perforated them until they appeared like sieves. The ravages 

 of these insects were materially checked by spraying with a 

 very weak solution of kerosene emulsion. It seemed for a while 

 as if a partial harvest might be secured, but the leaf hopper 

 was no sooner checked than the beans began to show the 

 signs of the bean maggot. Isolated plants died here and there, 

 and within a few days every plant had succumbed. A very 

 special effort was made to save even a few plants of the most 

 promising varieties, but the plats planted to the kidney beans 

 were wiped absolutely bare, and not a seed was saved. 



An experiment similar to this was carried, on by me at the 

 farm school at Indang, Cavite Province, during the hot months 

 of 1913. The same pests were almost as prominent, and al- 

 though partial crops were secured, there did not result a profit- 

 able yield. 



The varieties of P. lunatus planted in project 2 were entirely 

 resistant to both the leaf hopper and the bean maggot. The 

 plants grew well from the outset and blossomed freely. There 

 were at first promises of a satisfactory production, but the old 

 habit of shooting the pods was evident as soon as the latter began 

 to appear. The vines grew vigorously during the entire hot 

 season and until they were finally removed in June. Almost no 

 pods reached maturity. 



This experiment showed that the growing of kidney beans 

 during the dry season under irrigation is not practicable in 

 this locality. 



PROJECT 3. DRY SEASON 



Project 3 was carried on in my home garden. Two plats 

 were laid off", each 10 meters wide and of sufficient length to 

 contain twelve varieties of beans, allowing one variety to each 

 row. A 1-meter patch separated the two plats. The land was 

 new and was worked into a mellow consistency by means of 

 spading fork, hoe, and rake. F^ seed of the following varieties 

 of beans was planted: Tepary, Kentucky Wonder, Canadian 

 Wonder, Henderson's Bush Lima, Mexican Pink, Southern Pro- 

 lific, French Mohawk, Long Yellow Six Weeks, Prolific Black 

 Wax, Hodson's Green Pod, Michigan White Wax, and Longfellow. 



Plat A.— This plat was planted March 11, 1916. The rows 



