Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-03-26
EpwAIpsvILLE. Feb. 3, 1912.

EDwAEpsyILLE. Feb. 3, 1912.
MeSsrs. Joseph Charles d Co., Wholesale Drug
gusts, 81. Louis.
| GENTLEMEN:--In compliance with your request
we hereby give to you, as far as we are able the
manner Of raising and gathering the Castor Dean.
The soil best adapted for the Castor Bean is
loose, light and rich soil, and is better when it is
fresh or new ground, The ground should be pre-
| pared pretty much as it is for corn--thc rows
should be laid off, say four feet apart, and thcy
may be cultivated with one set of rows so as to be
| pIoughcd but one way, or the ground may be laid
or in rows so as TO cross plough. Between every
fourth or fifth row space of six or eight feet
should BE- left as to afford room for the vehicle
in which the crop is gathered, to pass. The crop
should be planted early us it can be, so us no,
10 be endangered by frost. They ought to be
planted By the 18th April, and may be put in as
late as 10th Of May About three-iourths of
! husheI OF beans are required to seed 10 acres
ground. Some farmers put 5 or 10 seed in HILL
so as to be sure Of getting good stand, and if
they come up thick, they cut them out. One and
two stalks are left in hill. Some will not leave
but one. If the soil is very fertile and the rows
i feet apart, we suppose TWO may be left in hill
It is not necessary to leave gangCayS, but one
way through the field between every fourth aud
fifth rows, as before stated
The farmer must be his own Judge, when he
should begin to gather the crop. He can tell this
NUN JUL WHICH EOHldlnS LHe Oehn, beginning 10
crack or open little as the bean ripens.
The method of gathering, is to take 4 small slide
or cart with one horse hitched to it, narrow enough
to pass between the fourth and fifth rows, and box
or bed on 1t that will hold 6 or 8 bushels. This is
made to pass alCLr as is necessary, while the
hands pass along between the rows and cut of
the branches that nave ripened beans on them
After htlng the vehicle, it is driven of to yard
! prepared Tor the purpose, which is an acre OF
ground cleared of smooth, and swept, and ought
TO be from 90 to 200 feet in diameter, according t.
the size of the crop the farmer may have. The
branches or hollis are thrown in the centre of this
yard and spread out itle so that the air and heat
Of the sun may act upon them. The effect Of these
is to open the bean hull, and the bean frequently
ruShcS out with such force as to be thrown 30 o.
40 teet-hence the necessity of having so urge q
space of ground to spread them upon
The whole fed must he gone over in this man.
ner and the branches all topped off that have ripr
beans on them, and this going over must be repeat
ed twice and sometimes thrice in Il week, or esc
the beans will Pop out in the field and be lost.
The hollis on tine yard should be stirred little
every day, if the weather is warm and dry, 50 n.
to give them chance to dry and let the beans out
! The beans are separated by winnowinr, expos
ing them to the wind, or by the tanning mil, with
a coarse riddle, in the same way wheat is cleaned
The crop Of beans is cultivated in the same way
that corn is.
The foregoing is correct description of the
manner Of raising the bean as we are nblc either
from observation or inquiry, to give. All Of which
| IL respectfully submitted. Very Respectfully,
EATON & ADAMS.