Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-03-12

EDwARpsvILLE. Feb. 8, 1542.
.Hessrs. Joseph Charless d Co., Wholesale Drug
gusts, 81. Louis.
GENTLEMEN:-ln compliance with your request
We oerehy give To you, as far as we are able. the
manner of raising and gathering the Castor Bean.
The s'il hest adapted for the Castor Bean is
nos- light and rich soil, and is better when it is
fresh or new ground. The ground should be pre-
pared pretty much it is for cOrn--ihe rows
,nuuld be laid off say four feet apart, and they
ma. be cultivated with one set of rows as 10 be
pIOmghed but one way, or the ground may be land
pif IN rows ST. AS to cross plough, Between every
fourth or fifth row space OF six or eight feet
s"uud be left so as To afford room for the vehicle
in which the crop is gathered. to pass. the crop
should be planted as early US 1t eau be, 50 us not
10 be endangered BY frost. They ought to be
planted ty the 10th April. and may be put in as
,ate as 10Th Ut May About lhree.tOurths Of
busl'el vi leans are required to seed III acres
ground. Soue farmers put 3 or III seed in hill
so a> 10 be sure Ut getting good stand, and il
icy come up thick, they cut Them out. One and
two stuIks are lett III u nil. Some will not leave
Oul one. II he >oil /, very ierIiie and the row,
i ftri apart We suppose lwu may be lef, in II hill
~ Is not heces,ury ~ leave gdngHdyS, but one
way through the lrld between every fourth and
n.n rows, u before stated.
Ene farmer mast be hi, own judge, when he
should begin ~ gather the crvp he can tell lhi.
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crach UT open II hale a. The beau rpeDs
Inc me,nOh Of gathering, Is to lake small slid
or cart VIM one Nurse Eilched 10 II, enough
to pas between The fourth aud fifth rows, aud box
or bed On il thar will hold nr bushels. This il
ale 10 pass along as i Necessary, while the
hhuds pass along between the rows and cut Oft
me branches thai nave ripened beans on them
Alter Milling the vehicle, IL is driven of 10 a yard
prepared Tor the purpose, which Is an acre VI
ground cleared OFT smuuIh, aud swept, and Uughr
" be- from 6O 10 2UO feet in diameter according to
The size Ut the crop the farmer may have. The
branches VI bulls thrown N the centre of this
yard aud spread out little, that the and heat
~ The sun may act upon them The effect vt these,
is to open the bean hull, and the bean frequent,
ruShes ouI with such force us 10 be thrown 30 ur
~ teet--hence the necessity Of having so large II
space vi ground 10 spread them upon.
The whole ned nuSt be gone over in this man.
ner, and y. branc.eS all Topped on that have ripe
beans On them, and this going over must be repeat
I'd twice and sometime, thrice in a week, or else
The beans will pop out in the field aud be lost
Y The bOllS Oh tine yard should he stirred little
!, every day, # the weather is warm and dry as
to give ;hem chance 10 dry and let the beans
The beans are separated by winnowing, expos.
:, hg them 10 the wind by the tanning mill, with
U a coarse riddle. iDthe way wheat is cleaned
The crop OF beans is cultivated in the way
, hat corn is.
4 The foregoing is as correct description Of the
manner Of raising the bean as we are able either
from observation ur inquiry, 10 give. Allo which
- respectfully submitted. Very Respectfully,
EATON Il ADAMS.