. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1506 The Vegetable Tsdustey in Xew York State HISTORY Xot much attention was given to this now great feature in our crop rotation until about the time of our Civil War. Then the demand caused them to be tried quite generally as a iield crop in rotation with other crops. It was soon learned by experience that certain counties in this state were naturally adapted to their growth and profitable development, and to this day these local- ities in this and other states are recognized as bean growing dis- tricts. At the present tim
. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1506 The Vegetable Tsdustey in Xew York State HISTORY Xot much attention was given to this now great feature in our crop rotation until about the time of our Civil War. Then the demand caused them to be tried quite generally as a iield crop in rotation with other crops. It was soon learned by experience that certain counties in this state were naturally adapted to their growth and profitable development, and to this day these local- ities in this and other states are recognized as bean growing dis- tricts. At the present time, the demand for this farm product is so great that they are an unusually profitable crop and efforts to extend their territorial confines are being made with varying. Fig. 460.—A Field or Marrow Beans Near Maturity, on Marlborough Farms. Yield, 30' Bushels per Acre degrees of success. I know of many sections in our state where heavy crops of corn and other products are grown annually and where beans M'ill not produce a profitable crop. The vines may be in evidence in great profusion but the beans are not there. COirPAEISON WITH OTHEE CEOPS GEOWN In many sections, especially in Monroe and Livingston coun- ties in New York State, where I am better acquainted with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Bureau of Farmers' Institutes. [Albany
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