Beans In Colorado 
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Another view of home-made bean harvester (Photo by W. H. Lauck) 
is very much less than the loss in weight thru shattering if the beans 
are allowed to become too ripe. 
Experience shows in the case of pinto beans that they may be 
cut while the pods are still green if the bean is plump and well formed, 
that is, completely developed but green in appearance. 
C are of Harvested Beans. —The beans thus cut with the harvest¬ 
er should be made into small shocks. Experience has shown that a 
small flat shock, just large enough so that it can be completely in¬ 
verted or turned over with the pitch fork in the hands of a single 
man, will be blown about less by winds and enables the beans to be 
cured up in a much more perfect condition than larger shocks. These 
small flat shocks are not injured so much by wet weather as they can 
be dried out easily and cheaply by turning the bunches. They are 
close to the ground and do not blow badly. Being small and thin, 
shocks of this character dry out very rapidly in the curing process. 
'Consequently they can be stacked and thrashed in a much shorter 
period than if larger shocks are used. If it is impossible to thrash 
