The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-15
EASY MONEY IN BEANS

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Colorado with so little expense Is the
little pinto or Mexican bean and if the
wars are to keep up there will be q biz
demand for them. Beans will pay better
dividend to the farmer than potatoes at
one hundred sacks to the acre selling at
seventy-6ve cents the cwt. and the beans
may be figured at two dollars the hundred
which is low enough. for the Denver
market is usually dollar or more higher
than this. But the beans must be grown
on just as food ground as potatoes and
then be given the care they should have.
Beans are usually left to shift for them.
selves on poor soil. In every instance in
which the beans have received the right
attention on fair soil they made good easy
money for the farmer.
1t is just as easy to raise forty bushels
Of beans to the acre as twenty FIVE bushels.
The time Of planting should be just as soon
as we are able to decide about the late
frosts and the season has lot to do with
this. There is no reason to rush about
planting as it is quickly done when the
time, comes from the 18th OF May to the
10th OF June. have raised good crop
planted as late as June 22 but we are likely
to be caught in the fall by early frost.
Beans are hurt by frosts and should be
taken care of in the planting and watering.
They should not be watered too late for
this has a tendency to keep them ereen
and delays maturity. Beans will grow on
q variety of soils such as limestone, sandy
loans and gravel loans. There is con-
siderable silt and humus among the gravel.
Do not plant on seepy land unless it is
well drained. The soil should be in
They can be made to grow much vine and
this makes them ripen unevenly. The
loss Of a bean crop by hail or in any way
does not work great hardship. The 6nan.
cisl part must be considered as compared
with other crops. The cost Of raising
beans should not exceed eleven dollars the
acre from seed to hullies. One man and
team can take good care of fifty acres with
the expenditure of $l0O for machinery.
The ground should of course be plowed
early to let the weeds start and then use a
spring tooth. Do this as often as juds.
ment will permit, the last time in the CD.
posite way Of planting. The plants will
be up in three or four days.
Cross harrow in two or three DAYS or
just as they are peepine through, then
cross harrow or tickle again when they
are three inches high. This will keep
down the weeds. 1t is possible thus to
do away with all hoeins for it stimulates
the roots and helps to hold the moisture.
Never harrow with the rows. Do not
start the cultivator until the seed bean,
drop of the leaves. Three and not over
four times are required and the season
and soil must be considered in this mat
ter. Under no condition or circumstance
cultivate when the vines are wet for this
Injuries the plants, especially if dirt or
dust collects on them. Do not cultivate
while in blossom, knocking of the bloom
lessons the yield.
When the leaves are half fallen of, the
crop is ready to harvest. Let them lay
in the field two days if the weather will
permit. Pull them in the morning when
the dew is on. Do something else durina
the dry part of the day. The vines can
be raked into windows with side de.
livery with the best results thus knocking
out all hard dirt, stones and considerable
fine dirt, leaving the vines tree from trash
and making stacking, pitching and hullins
more beneficial to all concerned. Beans
are easily damaged il left in the field too
long and should be taken care of at the
earliest possible time. Stacking this crop
should be done with care. Do not build
the rick too wide-about ten or twelve
feet. Put on good top, no straw, no
hay, just beans, but do it we'll. would
like to sketch some of the stacks and
show the real condition they were in at
hullins time but am not very food car.
toonist. Nevertheless such stacking dam.
ages the crop and does not pay from any
standpoint of view.-O. G. O'FarrelI in
the Field and Eor~