Beans 



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field in mind whore conditions had long been considered hope- 

 less. The first year after drainage, the crop planted was very 

 poor. It was then given an application of barnyard manure. 

 This treatment acted as a tonic on the soil, and good beans as well 

 as other crops have been the record on that field ever since. 



PLANTING AND CULTIVATION 



When soil and season conditions are normal, from the tenth 

 to the twenty-fifth of June is the usual time for planting. If, 

 for any cause, the crop is planted unusually late, either the pea 







Fig. 4G2. — Beans on the Farm of M. C. Burritt, Hilton, Monroe 



County, N. Y. 



or yellow eye varieties should be used, as these varieties require 

 a shorter season for growth and ripening. When conditions are 

 right the rows of beans usually show up in four or five days, if 

 not planted too deep — not .over one and one-half to two inches. 

 I have cultivated field beans six days after planting, but this was 

 a little out of the ordinary. 



No crop that we grow responds more readily to cultivation than 

 docs the bean crop. Tf other work presses, it will pay to hire extra 

 help to keep the cultivators moving from the time the rows can 



