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be drilled; the expense may therefore be reckoned 
less than one half that of setting. 
August 6, 1807, I examined a bean field adjoining 
Hampton Church-yard, near Evesham, set in rows 
18 inches asunder, 4 to 5 feet high, and well podded ; 
the crop cannot be less than 40 bushels per acre : saw 
many other fields of beans set or drilled, the crops 
generally good, free from mildew or insects. Mr. 
Murrall, of Evesham, shewed me a field of his drilled 
by a machine at 14 inches, the crop clean and good, 
full 4 quarters per acre. A good crop of beans will 
sometimes produce -10 to 45 bushels per acre. 
Thp harvesting of beans is in August and September; 
they are cut by hand with a hook, and laid down in 
armfuls to season and dry ; they are afterwards gathered 
up, and set an end in shocks; and, when sufficiently 
seasoned, are carried to the stack. I suppose the 
growth of beans in this county to be considerably more 
than its own consumption. 
Vetches. Winter vetches are sown the latter end of 
September, and summer vetches in March, April, and 
May, for succession ; but I have always had the best 
crops from winter vetches.— Mr. Oldacre. I have seen 
them up this season, 1805, in September and Oc¬ 
tober, and some sown in drills; they are principally 
eaten green by horses, either by tying to them, or 
carrying them to the stable, and a proportion are 
saved for seed.— IV. P. 
Vetches are very generally cultivated in Worcester¬ 
shire in most parts of the county, and the main object 
is for feeding horses in their green state; they are sel- 
or never made into hay, the excellent natural meadows 
of the county rendering that unnecessary. 
Mr, Richard Miller, Brant Hall, always grows 6 Or 
8 acres, 
