58 BEAHS. 



The profit from the culture of Lima Beans varies, 

 from year to year, according to the season and the 

 supply in market. When grown on ground well 

 prepared, and near a home-market, two hundred dol- 

 lars per acre above expenses may be realized. 1 

 have frequently gathered, on an average, one quart 

 of dry Beans from a pole. They usually sell from 

 four to six dollars per bushel, and are always in good 

 demand. From eighty to ninety bushels to the acre 

 of dry Lima Beans is considered a good yield, and 

 they seldom sell for less than four dollars per bushel. 

 There is very little difference in the profit whether 

 the Beans are sold green or dried. 



Eunning Beans require a strong soil, and it is use- 

 less to attempt to grow them, with a view to profit, 

 on thin, poor soil. Well-rotted hog-pen manure, ap- 

 plied in the way described, will give a fine growth 

 of Beans. A small quantity of finely-ground bones, 

 or of superphosphate, applied to the hill at the time 

 of planting, or at the first hoeing, gives the young 

 plants a vigorous start, which they are likely to 

 maintain through the whole season. 



The first outlay in preparing to grow Beans is 

 for good, heavy poles. Cedar are the best ; they 

 will cost from one to three dollars per hundred ; but 

 if they are put under cover during the Winter, they 

 will last eight or ten years. 



The size and productiveness of Running Beans 

 may be increased from year to yea;r by selecting for 

 seed only the largest pods, and, fi-om these, saving 

 none but the finest specimen beans. 



