. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 208 BEANS BEANS early enongh to permit thorough fitting of the soil for wheat. Late-maturing varieties are more fre- quently followed by some spring-sown crop, as oats. Seed-bed.—Early plowing is essential to best results with beans. As the planting is not done till late spring at earliest, there is a tendency, owing to pressure of other work or to slackness, to delay plowing till near the time of planting, much to the disadvantage of the crop. As in the case of wheat and buckwheat, the land should be plowed five or six weeks before the ti
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 208 BEANS BEANS early enongh to permit thorough fitting of the soil for wheat. Late-maturing varieties are more fre- quently followed by some spring-sown crop, as oats. Seed-bed.—Early plowing is essential to best results with beans. As the planting is not done till late spring at earliest, there is a tendency, owing to pressure of other work or to slackness, to delay plowing till near the time of planting, much to the disadvantage of the crop. As in the case of wheat and buckwheat, the land should be plowed five or six weeks before the time of planting and should receive frequent harrowings to bring it into the best possible condition. By this treatment a. Fig. 297. Types of beans. Left, Yellow-eye; center, Black Turtle-soup: right, Boston Small Pea. (Reduced.) larger quantity of moisture is held in the subsoil and becomes available for the crop later in the season. The weed seeds are also given a chance to germinate and to be killed before planting, so the after-tillage of the crop is less expensive. More fre- quently than otherwise the crop suffers for want of moisture at some period in its growth, and early plowing and thorough fitting are the best means of guarding against this contingency. Probably no one thing results in so much loss to bean-growers as late and hasty fitting of the land. When grown on poor land, beans respond well to dressings of barnyard manure or of commercial fer- tilizer, though it is not a general practice to manure or fertilize the crop. In experiments conducted by the Cornell Experiment Station, it is indicated that applications of phosphoric acid are especially likely to prove profitable. Seed.—The quantity of seed required per acre varies with the variety. Of the small varieties (Marrow Pea and Boston Small Pea), many growers plant one-half bushel per acre, although some secure better results with three pecks or even one bushel. Five or six pecks of Kidney beans are recommend
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