Beans In Colorado 
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pounds per acre will be used. Where the rows are made 7 feet 
apart, under very severe conditions, the planting should be 6 to 8 
inches in the drills. 
Of the many beans planted only a few are put in by plowing 
shallow and dropping the beans in every third or fourth furrow, 
covering the beans by plowing and then packing and harrowing 
afterwards to compact the surface soil over the beans. This is not 
a good practice, but can sometimes be used in very small patches. 
Where large plantings are made, a bean planter adjusted to plant 
in exactly the proportion desired, should be used. 
CULTIVATION 
Beans of all varieties are rather shallow-rooted surface feed¬ 
ers. Consequently all cultivation after the crop starts should be 
shallow. The most important part of the cultivation should be 
done in the preparation of a seed bed. Immediate cultivation 
should commence about the time the rows can be seen in the field. 
Where the stand is extra good, beans may sometimes be harrowed 
a time or two if care is taken to do this work when the young 
vines are perfectly dry. If the soil is a little moist and the vines 
moist, the young vines will be found to be quite brittle so that 
harrowing will break off a large number. With the surface of the 
soil rather dry and the plants dry, the young plants are tough and 
will stand harrowing. 
Some of the weeders on the market are excellent tools to use 
at this time. 
The first cultivation with the regular cultivator should be the 
deepest. This first cultivation should not be over 3 to 4 inches 
Cultivating dry-land pinto beans in El Paso County 
