1514 The Vegetable Indtjstby in New York State 



threshing axd maijketo'g 

 On large farms, where there is plenty of help of both men and 

 teams, threshing from the field is sometimes practiced, but this 



is not general or to be 

 recommended for we 

 are never sure what 

 kind of weather to- 

 morrow may have in 

 store for us, and beans 

 must be threshed when 

 dry. Very little split- 

 ing of the bean occurs 

 where the modern 

 double cylinder bean 

 thresher is used. In 

 new localities where 

 there are not enough 

 raised to afford such a 

 machine they can be 

 trodden out with horses 

 smooth shod or bare 

 hoofed. I have assisted 

 in threshing many hun- 

 dreds of bushels in this 

 way during the earlier 

 stages of bean growing 

 in Monroe county. 



When we as farmers 

 get a crop of any kind 

 ready for market I be- 

 lieve that, covering a 

 term of years, we are 



money ahead by selling 

 Fig. 464.— Well- Filled Bean Pods j ugt M goon as the 



market is right. It is much safer to hold on, if we must, when 

 the price is low, but it is not good business, all things considered, 

 to hold because prices are booming. 



