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HINTS AND HELPS 
a pint of wood aslies or one-half pint of sulphate of potash 
or bone dust, into the furrow to every ten feet. Mix this 
into the soil with a weeder or with a point of the hoe. 
When this is done the furrow will be about one inch deep. 
Place the beans three or four inches apart in the furrow, 
one bean in a place, cover with the fine soil, and press 
down with the back of the hoe. It will take them between 
one and two weeks to come up. The two halves of the 
bean furnishes food for the young plant, they are first to 
come above the soil. The soil should be kept well-tilled 
at all times, but avoid handling the vines on wet days. 
The beans will be ready to eat in from six to nine weeks 
after planting. Any of the Bush beans can be planted 
from May ioth to July ist. 
Beans, Bush Lima. Bush Lima Beans are planted 
the same as the other varieties of dwarf beans, except, 
each bean is put four to six inches apart in furrow. The 
pods should be picked when the beans in them are about 
the size of a twenty-five cent piece. They are generally 
considered much nicer than the ordinary shell bean. Bush 
Lima Beans continue to blossom and bear pods until frost 
comes. They should be planted about May ioth. If 
planted before the soil is warm, they will never germinate. 
It will take them three to six days longer than the other 
beans to come up. 
Beans, Pole. The furrows for Pole Beans are made 
not closer than three feet apart. The pole should be firmly 
set, belore the beans are planted and then four or five 
beans planted in circle around it. These should be covered 
about one inch, leaving the land level after the beans are 
planted. One pint of wood ashes, or one-half pint of sul¬ 
phate of potash or ground bone, should be worked into 
the hills at the rate of about one pint of wood ashes to 
every ten feet of row. Pole beans of any kind generally 
yield more than the Bush beans. If the first that ma¬ 
ture are picked, they will continue to bear. They should 
be planted at the same time as Bush beans, but it will take 
them one or two weeks longer, before they are ready to eat. 
