OF ONE ACRE. 
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snaps, though we allowed one row across the garden 
in the diagram given, the surplus being allowed to 
ripen for winter use. Where the saving of room is 
an object and the ground has been well manured, 
these pole snaps can be planted in the hills of corn, 
and allowed to use the stalks as poles; they will 
produce a good crop, but not nearly so many, nor are 
they as easy to pick as when grown on the poles. 
For this purpose they should be planted with some 
strong growing variety of corn, such as Stowell’s Ever¬ 
green or other late variety. 
The white soup bean, that is dried for winter use 
in various ways, including the famous “ Boston Baked 
Beans,” is generally grown by dropping one or two 
hills between each hill of corn, and instead of pick¬ 
ing them, the whole plant is pulled up in the fall, 
and the beans thrashed out with a flail when dry. 
For Limas and pole snaps, the poles should be set 
by the aid of the garden line, and where any pole is 
bowed or crooked it should be planted so as to bring 
it in line with the row, lengthwise, as nearly as pos¬ 
sible, that they may present an orderly appearance. 
In setting the poles, make a hole from one to two feet 
deep by driving the sharp end of a crowbar into the 
ground, place the butt end of the pole in this hole 
and ram it firmly in its place; then put one or two 
shovelfuls of compost around the base of the pole, 
and with a sharp steel rake make a hill of fine dirt 
over the compost. Five or six beans should be 
planted to each hill, but if all grow should be thinned 
out to two or three. If the young plants do not climb 
the poles readily at the first start, they should be 
