The Iola register., 1891-07-31

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not regard it as untimsly. IL 10 6s1e
too early to lay plans fos nsxt years
crops, and il any farmers think Of cult.
waiting any kind Of crops with which
they have had little OF no experiences
they can not begin 70 seek informationa
day too soon.
In many sections of western New
York beans have for many years hsid
quite an important place among staple
crops With many they take the place
of corn to quite an extent in the rota,
tation, many growing a greater breadth
of the beans than of the corn. Geners
ally they prefer to plant q clover sod.
the same as they would corn only it h
not considered advisable to manure with
fresh stable manure. as that causes too
rank a growth of plant, or haulul. IN
stead of beans Many have realized
good results from drilling ir with the
seed 100 or 200 pounds Of a goo super
phosphate.
To follow the order Of questions. tbs
most usual time for planting is about
the first of June, so that they may avsid
late frosts. the bean plant being very
sensitive to the effects of frost On high
warm land some will venture to plant
little earlier, from the 25th to 31st OF
May, but we think the great majority
defer planting until after the first Of
June. Sometimes they plant clover
! stubbls, after the clover has been
cut for hay, the latter part Of June. but
this is hazardous. for there is danger OF
bringing them so late as to be in danger
from early autumnal frosts.
We will here volunteer the informs-
ton that successful bean growers often
bestow a great deal of labor in the prepa-
ration of the seed bed-plowing. harrow
ing. rolling-until all Jumps are finely pull
verized. We once saw luxurisnt piece
of beans growing that had been har.
rowed and rolled five times, the thor
ough farmer being determined not to
plant it until every olod was pulyerized.
Our large bean growers generally plant
grain drill, making the drills about 30
inches apart, dropping the beans thick
enough to make a good stand without
crowding. With such drill the an mt
of seed can not be controlled wrA
exactitude, hence our best grower
fer planter manufactured fer the pur-
pose, with which they plant two rows at
a time, in hills about Is inches apart.
dropping some 9 or 8 in hill, according
| to size of beans.
Most farmers feel surest Of a crop in
planting an early ripening bean that ~
quires but a short season and is pretty
certain to get out of the way Of Septem-
Der frosts, should there be any. The
Marrow Pea has of late years given
best satisfaction, although some venture
to plant Marrow or Kidney or even Red
Kidney, or Navy. When they do make
hit with these large varieties they gen
orally receive larger returns than from
the Marrow Pea
As soon as the beans are up so that the
rows can be followed, the cultvator is
put through, and is kept moving pretty
often until when pods begin to form,
when the beans should be perfectlys'ean
To cultivate after this and throw earth
on the pods is pretty certain to cause
them to rot, soiling some Of the beans,
necessitating hand picking, a tedious
operation. 1t will probably be necessary
to give the beans at least one cleaning
with the hoe during the season.
1t is very desirable to have the beans
ripen up as uniformly as possible, 30 that
they may all be pulled at one operation
Then they may be pulled, or cut of By
machine Machines are made for the
purpose, and cut off two rows at a time
an inch or two beneath the surface.
gathering them in a windrow behind the
machine Then they are left a few days
to dry, when they may be drawn into the
barn. II, in the meantime, it rains, the
windrows will have to be turned, and
they may need turning any way if the
ground is moist, as they will absorb some
moisture from the ground Where it
is not thought advisable to use machine
they can be pulled quite rapidly BY
hand, pulling until the hands are f3lled
and dropping three rows into one, tops
downward
The beans are generally hauled on an
ordinary hay rack, and are pitched on
from windrows, or punches, with long
handled three tined or four tined fork,
the wagon being driven between the
windrows or punches, two or three
pitching on the wagon while one attends
to driving the horses and loading They
can be gathered with forks by quick
motioned men much more rapidly than
one without experience would suppose.
As to the time of harvesting, that de-
pends largely upon the variety and the
season. The Marrow Pea, in ordinary
seasons, ought to be ready for harvest
early in September. and the season
sometimes extends into October, but it
should commence before the middle of
September.
After the beans are stored in barn il is
considered advisable TO let them go
through the heating and sweating proc
ess of curing before threshing, after
which they may be threshed at once or
left till winter. An ordinary thrsshing
machine, with the cylinder raised a lit
tie higher than for wheat, does the busi-
ness very well We think some use q
cylinder made for the purpose. We
understand that buyers are offering 70
contract the growing crop at s2 bushsl,
which ought to be equivalent 10 $40 to
$50 per acre-[Rural Home
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