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Potassa, 36.83 



Soda, 18.40 



Lime, . . . . . . 7.75 



Magnesia, . . . . . 6.33 



Sulphuric Acid, . . . .3.96 



Silicic Acid, 4.09 



Pliosplioric Acid, .... 14.60 



Phosphate of Iron, . . . 5.24 



Chloride of Sodium, .... 2.80 



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Wood-ashes and bone-dust or superphosphate of lime, 

 will supply the soil with the most necessary elements for 

 this crop, which, by the way, like most legumes, draws 

 most of its sustenance from the atmosphere. 



Culture. — Snap-beans are of the easiest culture in this 

 climate, and are less particular about soil than in colder 

 latitudes. The soil for the early crop should be dry and 

 light ; if wet or tenacious the seed often decays without 

 germinating or comes up spindling and unproductive. For 

 the summer-sown crop, a soil slightly moist but still in- 

 clining to a sand, is to be preferred. As beans are very 

 tender and easily destroyed by frost, there is no use to 

 put them in the ground too early. A few may be planted 

 in March, but about the first of April is the proper time 

 for the first large planting. They may be planted for a 

 succession in moist weather from this time to the last of 

 August. Plant in drills eighteen inches or two feet a part, 

 and the seed two inches apart in the row. Cover the 

 seeds about an inch and a half deep. A pint of seed will 

 plant about one hundred and twenty five feet of rows. 

 When the plants come up, thin them gradually to six or 

 eight inches in the row and they will be much more vigor- 

 ous and productive. The Refugee or Late Valentine does* 

 best in hills eighteen inches apart. Plant fi ur or five 



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