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The Colorado Experiment Station 
beans and a somewhat smaller number of {x^imds for the small pea 
beans. 
For dry land conditions beans should, under normal conditions, 
be planted in rows about 3^2 feet apart and in drills in the row 10 
to 12 inches apart. If dry land conditions are a little severe, or un¬ 
certain, the space can be made a little further in the drills, say from 
12 to 16 inches. According to the rate of drilling, it would take from 
8 to 20 pounds of seed to plant an acre under dry land conditions. For 
an average planting, probably about 15 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 shal¬ 
low 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 plant¬ 
ings are made, a bean planter adjusted to plant in exactly the ])ropor- 
tion desired, should be used. 
CULTIVATION 
Feans of all varieties are rather shallow-rooted surface feeders. 
Consequently all cultivation after the crop starts should be shallow. 
The most important part of the cultivation should be done in the prep¬ 
aration 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 
Cultivating- dry land pinto beans in El Paso County 
