The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-21

= q tnefseelnG extent aAo importance, and
t. - nHxenuasrstivs a. fsrmArly, 4
O. ensh Of farming. Prizes
~ within ths last two
I'D will always exist,
ne extent on the compare
potatoes, (for which beans =
- substituted in family consuu
TIE success and amount Of the crop,
several minor Influences. but, leaving
generals, let US proceed TO sone particular
on their culture.
Beans may be planted with success later
in the season than almost any other spring
crop. They fill up, therefore, very convent.
Sently the few days between the spring seed
ing and the hoeing and haying which follow,
though their after culture comes In q moro
g season to the farmer. "A friend,
ep 1enced 10 bean-growipg, remarked to
the writer, that he tplsnted corn until 1t was
too late to plant more, and then put in his
bean crop, which filed up the time until his
corn wanted hoeing." The middle Of june
is full late for planting most varieties, for il
is essential that the crop ripens before the
frost Conn.,. Frosted beans, even If in great
part unisjucd, give much trouble in har-
vesting and curing, and ars.snot a. readily
marketable ~ purer arti6l I'M
The soil most suitable for beans, 10 4 warm
light loan, not too rich, and yet Of medium
fertility. On rich soils the growth runs most
ly to vines; on wet soils they incline to rust.
and the product is Of an inferior character.
Probably the most favorable conditions for
bean. growing, 10 . sandy loan we'll swarded,
which 10 turned over Immediately before
planting, narrowed down, and the beans then
drilled In. Such soils are NOT apt to be weed
and many weeds in the cultivation Of beans
ere equivalent to much work, or choked
gyoufh OF the crop. Beans demand clean
our and will repay the Same, but the tims
whenthey need hosing most, 10 generally -
the hurry Of haying and harvest, so that !
care to tighten this part Of the work 10 me-
lost to the farmer.
OF preparation and planting We have al
ready incidentally remarked. Let the plow-
ing he.done but short time hsfogs planting,
g Ut hand plsnt9 >abe used
70! The work, mark Al one
half feet apart, planting a14p aUUGt half
Che distance. About fve ySG3S per hill will
be the proper number. In drills, single
beans, two inches apart, are sufficient, and
horse planters can be regulated to deposit
them with sufficient accuracy. The covering
should be from one and half to two inches
osIesll0w s0il-1a 'g|e and stones will not an
q cultivation or ling should never be Civ.
en- In wet weather, or when the leaves are
wet with dew, 80 that dirt will stick to them.
Their greatest insect enemy il the grub or
cut-worm,. against which th0s is no effectu-
al preventive.
The profit Of bean culturS3S influenced in
great degree by perfect or Imperfect. ripSh-
g,and successful harvesting and curinv
OF the crop. II wet weather occurs when the
Reons are fit 30 pull, or while thcy are dry
Yin the field, more or less are wasted and
enoeher portiAD diaAalorsd 80 "a to iniure
their sale. hSu ~ ripsn at once, there
y loss from the o11I6 cause, or from injury
by frost, Of which We have previously spo.
ken.
Ia regard to pulling and curing, different,
methods prevail. LIT season. wet one In
our viainity--wA secured o crop Of three
acres in excellent order, bT pulling and stack.
ing around fence stake Make : hole With
cE0gfbar, and set SS1oke6 nanly in thf
ground. Place little straw Underneath "a
keep them from the ground ;SA>eu Law each
armful of beans, as pullsd, Nh {ks roots
s9ainst the stake. Make the seneas ak or
eight feeealigh they Nsy stand FOR weeks in
~ 8 sntil thoroughly dry. After few
ring thtstraw, as it is OF high vaIas r. fod-
dering sheep. In dry seasons less lAbori-
Gus method may be followed. Throw Ave
rows into one, as pulled, let them dry, and
then draw in. Crops are often secured in
good order in this way.
AS to varieties, the "medium white beans
stands in goodrepute--ripens early and even
ly, and cures well. A new kind, somewhat
resembling il, called the Mountain Cranber-
~, Is very early, yields well, and is in good
demand, both for seed and culinary purpos-
es. II is said to command twenty five cents
more per bushcl for the latter use in the New
York market.-lCountry Gent.