Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-23

Is or rs is suggested lin ordi-
nary times 100 pounds per acre of
muriate of potash would also be
used. About 400 to 800 pounds |
per acre should be sufficient. In
the case Of home mixing. a mix
ture containing 30 pounds of nj
trate of soda. 100 pounds of fish or
tankage. and 400 pounds of acid |!
phosphate per acre is recon-
mended.
Beans require frequent, shallow
cultivation. Deep cultivation may
seriously injure the crop. as the
bean plant is shallow rooted. A
great deal of the cultivation for
beans should be done before the
crop is planted The ground
should be plowed deep and be-
well worked up with the disk and
other harrows. making fine seed
bed. On some soils it is well to
roll the land just before planting,
and then run the spike tooth har-
row over it lightly. as soon as the
seeds are in the ground. Guards
should be used on the riding cult
vators so that dirt is not thrown
upon the plants. AT the last cult
walton the plants may be slightly
hilled by placing small wings on
the cultivator. Beans should
never be worked while the foliage
is damp from either rain or dew.
Small areas of beans may be
pulled by hand but large fields
are usually harvested with a spe-
cial tool known as bean puller.
The pulled beans are thrown to-
gether in small piles and left to
cure for few days. If all the
plants have ripened, about three
! days of clear weather will COM
plete the curing process. They
then are placed under shelter and
held until cool weather for thresh-
ing.
Sometimes the beans may be
stacked in small stacks in the field.
much the same as COW peas are
, handled in many places in the
State. If the beans are wet with
rain before the curing process
takes place. they should be turned
with a fork as the seed easily be-
comes discolored and thus falls
into a low market grade.
In all operations of harvesting.
the plants must be handled care
fully to avoid serious loss from
Smelling.
Threshing is one of the most par
ticular jobs in successful bean cul-
ture. The pods break easily and
the beans split easily. The ordi-
nary grain thresher does not do
the work satisfactorily, as the
cylinder runs at too high a speed
and many beans are split and thus
rendered worthless for market
purposes. However. in times of
stress. split beans make just as
good soup as whole beans. Ordi-
narily. however. it is difficult to
dispose of split or discolored
beans. If an ordinary thresher is
used, a portion Of the concave
teeth should be removed, the cy-
Under spaces blocked in. and a
false pully Of large diameter be
attached to the cylinder in order
to slow down the cylinder speed
Market beans must be hand
picked and all dirt. broken beans
split beans, and discolored beans
. removed. This is a tedious opera
, ton unless the farmer is provided
, with proper machinery. In the
large bean districts, the picking
over is done by the ware houses
| and elevators where special ma
chinery has been installed for this
purpose. The Delaware bear
5 grower will probably find. how
, ever. that as he has no access Il
t these establishments. that he may
: have to hand pick his own beans
The following varieties are usu
2 ally grown for field shell beans -
D,l ,,1 Wilt, L; ,l,,,r Wilt