Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-01
THE TEpARY BEAN
A NEW LR0UME

This new bean h helnr demon.
s'faied BY the experiment STATIONS of
Arizona, and being nroven success
Tor this country.
n origlnated from native seed
whieh e 70 b. round today IN the.
country ana mountains ntong tho.
hecpH river. Tho Indians. who are
hoN eNtincts and have oniy their old
villages % SHOW that They ever lived
ny az were evidently the first ptoploI
90 discover that the plant was
5000 toQe. Their ancestors all
raised TINS bean, and even whore
'hesr haif aasEses farm this plant iil
Yields enormously.
When the experiment stations flrst
poean their researches THEY found
These Indians and the natives nssne
this bean az food. and after making
some experiment. with e 10 nsccr-
tain u u would ito ~ well az other
beans, ana whether Il could be- used
IN the same wny. they have come 10
the conclusion that there Is no hard
ler plant in existence and that ID Ia "a
valuable food. II VIII grow on dry
land. and tiough the Yield on dry
land VIII be possibly not more than
one-hali ~ iprSc as on Irrigated land /
az the SAME lime 20 VIII produce \
enough 70 make good return from /
the land; IN fact hotter return than /
the average maize and kaffiF eroRs /
bring.
There are two varieties Of this
bean that are good. but the white h
possibly the best. The white tepary
somewhat resembles the old navy 1
bean and WIN tnke It's place IN every
way 80 far as cooking ~ concerned.
The bean Is very nearly the same ~
the ordinary navy heaR except that
when first coming mp Il IL small in
stead ~ throwing out two large
leaves After II gets to some size
the plant begins 90 look more like q
bean ana NJ Il natures the only dif-
ference ~ that the leaves are NOT 20
large and arc not exactly the same
shape. test which will tell YOU
or not n ~ tepary bean
Is 10 put q Ia water. and IL the seed
within ten minutes Il is n
tepary. as the ordinary bean takes
nearly an hour before IL begins 20
IN cooking the tepary sweIls to
nearly twice its original size. ana
thus n different from the ordinary
bean. The tepary. when cooked. has
The bean aroma. Some ~ the natives
prefer the pink beans TO these, but
The same people prefer the Western
raised pink bean TO the EASTERN
raised. and can distinguish differs
ance between then Cooked with
bacon Or other meats the tepary and
The navy bean are practically tho
same.
The tepary viii easily yield twice
rs much as the common bean on
either dry or irrigated land ON
Try land tho seed can be planted five
inches deep IN order TO get Il down
10 the moisture. 1n the Irrigated
and there ~ no necessity OF planting
70 deep. as Il viii only take them
onger 20 come up. The best time
20 plant this bean on dry land IL
rom the tom 40 the goth Of Inly
ma on Irrigated land from the goth
u March 20 the fst Of April. The
ummer planting on the irrigated land
4 the same az the dry land planting
rke midsummer planting would be
,est here on account of the high
Winds which tney 40 NOT nave 70 con- ,
end with In the mountains
In planting the beans tho rows
hoeld be about three feet apart and
he seed should be dropped ny AN or
iinnry corn planter, and about two
Ieeds should he cropped every foot
n the row. By planting them this
way Il should take about twelve
bounds Of seed 90 tho acre.
II seems TO Us that this bean should
- tried here this year and "
makes good aud We can find mar
Set for II there should be an inn
nense acreage 81 IL on the dry farms
text year n everyone tried n littlo
I would neither make nor break
hem, and there should be some
,lanted on every farm 20 see how
hoy do here.