Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-23

NEWPORT, TENN, March ~, 1882.
BEANS.
The botanical name have forgotten from
the fact that lost my Botany" many years
ago, and although have searched dillgent-
| ly amongst Patent Office report" for the
scientific appellation of this fruit, l have
been unable to fndany term more expressive
and more widely known amongst farmers
than the ''Anglo- Saxon bean"
| LIST. 1t takes great many beans to make
| a bushel, but the number of beans 1t takes
depends upon the size of the bean, and
somewhat, upon whether the bushel, from
an agricultural standpoint, is an honest one.
Moreover, as all classes are disposed to
s'cheat" farmers viz. merchants. mechan-
les, doctors-in fact, everybody but lawyers
i recommend resolution be passed by
this convention, in the interest of the farm
ers, that a bushel measure be adopted and
used as will meet the appreciation OF farmers
only. But to recur, l said 1t takes great
many beans to make busheI; and also
that the number of beans to do this, depend
ed upon the size of the bean, and the hon
esty of the bushel and man.
And in this respect beans do not
differ very much from other cereals.
The same may be said of corn, potatoes,
wheat, watermelons and pumpkins. There
are, independent of size, a great many va
rieties OF beans. There is the butter bean,
the white navy bean, the wax bean with its
varieties, the black wax bean, the golden
wax bean, the dwarf German bean, the
white round wax bean, the running bean
and that's the kind l prefer if difficulty
should get between beans-the pole bean,
the large lima bean, the horticultural bean
l suppose that bean Is used only by hearty
fdrnlers and cannot be recommended by
dyspeptlcs-the speckled cranberry bean,
the Dutch case-knlte bean-this bean is too
sharp to be recommended for use by this
convention - the German black wax bean,
the giant red wax bean, the yellow podded
princess bean-this bean would be great
tavorite with farmers but for its color
the golden butter bean, the concord bean,
bean very much to be desired for its pa
cifc qualities; the scarlet running bean.
So that upon the matter of variety, the bean
demands more than passing notice at the
hands of this convention.
Passing the question of size and variety,
the next question is as to raising the bean.
| recommend that the bean, to do well and
pIOuuCo ROUu ItbulLS, NC pIdulCo 6t
Tie ground. A great many farmers
prefer planting IN the MON. l like the
moon. In fact, l think SO much of this
friend of the farmer, as [ do many others of
his friends, perhaps more. The fact is, l
do think as much of the moon as any one
owning real estate in that luminary. But l
have never planted beans IN the moon or on
the moon, simply because of its remoteness
from transportation, and from the impossi-
bility of procuring hands who would be
willing to raise beans on the moon at ordi-
nary prices. | have said that the proper
place to plant beans is In the ground. If
any farmer can suggest a better place, of
course | am willing to abide by the decision
of the question through the wisdom of this
convention. If there are any delegates here
from the moon, l should be under oblga-
tons for an expression of their views as to
the adaptability of the moon to bean culture.
As to the manner of culture, | never work
a bean while it is under ground; moles,
however, who, by the way, are good good
bean ratsers, work on them as soon as they
are planted. l have made it rule, in
order to save time, to work on the mole
whenever see he is working on the bean.
l do this to save the trouble of working on
both. 1 said that l never worked on the
bean until it was above ground. My wife
says l never work on the bean until after it
has matured and is on the table. Be this as
it may, L pay little attention to side-bar
remarks. They may be true, but are
always out of order. The best work that
is done ON the bean is In the culinary de
partment, but as this convention has moth
ing to do with kitchen work, it would be
out of place in me TO describe the manner
in which the bean should be served. Jack
in the Bean Stalk has been very amusing
thing for farmers children, for generations
past. What is pleasing to our children
&c 7aecessitato, have been pleasing to US
when we were children, and assuming that
we, as farmers are blessed with our own
proportion, of what the angel told Sarah
should be the lot of Abraham offspring.
We therefore recommend the continued
publication of Jack in the Bean Stalk