The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
Suggestions on the Rearing Of Hogs-New
Method Of Bean Growing, Etc.
Bean Growing.


of crop. bean culture is quite profita
BILE. They are not exhaustive, and
have never found better crop to pre-
pare the land for wheat. Belonging
to the same botanical family as Glove
the tequn,inos9- leave the land
in a condition extremely favorable fol
the growth of the wheat plant.
The navy bean will ir ordinary
seasons mature in eleven weeks from
planting, and this will enable the farm
er to grow crop of rye to turn under
before planting to enrich the land
or if he has piece of land full of fou
seeds he can by early plowing and
subsequent stirring, get most of the
weed seed to start, and destroy them
before the beans are planted; so that
it is seen that rightly managed beans
are cleansing crop.
In several counties of Southern Ohio
beans have been grown largely field
crop by a method which / have never
seen elsewhere. The land is plowed
early and frequently cultivated, SO as
to kill the weeds and get it in nice
condition, and about the 10th of June
the beans are drilled at the rate OF
about one bushel of seed per acre,
with the wheat drill, with every third
hoe stopped. This gives TWO rows,
eight inches apart, then space OF
sixteen inches, and two more of the
close rows. After sowing, the field is
rolled so as to leave it level, and
nothing more is done to the crop until
maturity, when they are cut with the
moving machine, thus doing away
with the hard and slow work of pull
ing. 1t is wise to plant as soon after
rain as the land can be worked,
and is very desirable that there should
be no heavy rains until the beans are
up and have good start, for, If a
heavy rain falls soon after planting,
they are likely to rot in low spots,
making an imperfect stand, and the
weeds will start with them and choke
the crop. If, however. the conditions are
favorable for the first few days, and the
crop gets good start, they will soon
cover the ground so as to keep down
the weeds and produce a good crop.
If the beans are to be cultivated, SOW
with wheat drill, and make the rows
two feet apart. Cultivation should be
shallow and level, so as not to heap
any earth up at the rows, and, with
favorable weather, will need to be re-
peated but once, as the crop will soon
take possession of the soil. Harvesting
should not be deferred until the pods
are dry, or there will be loss from
shelling. AS soon as half the pods are
yellow the crop may be cut or pulled,
and should be cured as rapidly as pos
sible and taken to shelter as soon as
possible. If lofts with open floors can
be had to store them on there is little
danger of damage to them in the barn,
as they do not pack closely and the air
will circulate through quite bulk of
them.
The best time to thresh beans is in
clear, cold weather in winter, but if it
is not convenient to keep them, there
are usually drying, windy days through
the autumn when they are in prime
condition. The quickest and best way
to thresh is to tramp with horses, but
care must be taken not to let the
horses step on the bare floor, or to
have thin places, or the beans will
many of them be split, which will de-
tract from their appearance and injure
their sale.
Ii the weeds have been kept down
n the crop, it will be better not to
olow the land for wheat, but simply
mellow the surface with the cultivator
)r harrow, and drill in the seed, as the
and where beans have grown will be
ound to pulverize easily. have
spoken only of the navy bean, because
t is standard variety. On some
oils, and for certain markets. some
'ther variety will often prove more
profitable, and each grower must
udge for himself what to plant The
tree beam" which has been largely
dvertised for some years, seems to. be
My an improved navy, and the name
consider a misnomer, as it does not,
s the name implies, grow in tree
orm. Cor. Country Gentleman.
Pig Disposition.
There is difference in the disposi-
ons of hogs. All hogs are not alike
ther in temper, in physical develop