Show BEANS IMPORTANT rp CROP FOR 1916 W 11 II olin the writer has received reliable information that the demand for export during the past 18 months his absorbed all beans obtainable from one end of this country to the other even the normal demand for the next 12 months can n not 0 t b be e supplied and the added call occasioned b bi th european war will tend to make the demand even stronger this is the year when a farmer with several acres in good will do well to plant this crop beans contain as much protein as meat and because of then low cost pala ty and high food value they have become an important article of dally diet for the soldier at the front for the prisoner in confinement among all nations and it is impossible to over estimate their present export value today whole silo dealers are offer arg 4 and j 5 a hundred in carlots foe to beans our annual supply in the united states is from five to seven million bushels only this is hardly enough to supply h homo onic consumption to say nothing of the enlarged ex G port demind the great majority of the beans of the nation arc are grown in michigan new york california while maine wisconsin ohio pennsylvania iowa lowa florida virginia and west virginia virgin are important bean growing states the average yield taken by the U ja crop st statistics tt department is COO pounds to the acre under irrigation fionin in colorado as high as 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre have been ob timed A person who will cultivate his beans as he would his hisburn corn curn planted on anything like reasonably good soil should be able to obtain from to 1200 pounds per acre the market him counting on oil obtaining better than ac per pound or 4 a hundred this crop should not be planted until ill all danger of frost has passe i and great care needs to be given to irrigation of the crop consult your count coant agent or tie state collide collige crop man in reference to both proper cultural methods and irrigation for this crop choose th thit it t ape pe which our local seed dealer or tho the special crop man of the college recommends is best adopted to bour our locality loci lity and local market the principal thing is plan first of all to plant at leas least a few acres as one side line cash crop second plant in rows rown sufficiently wide for uso use of a horge cultivator third keep the crop growing vigorously from ane start fourth harvest in the elie negated section erly e aly in the morning mote ajo e the intense rays of them sun render the pods so dry that the beans shell badly do not harvest in the field during the heat of the day the crop should bo ba allowed to come to full maturity to prevent any shrinkage of the bean mexican beans the martha washington a t tiac pe of small navy bean and the kidney bean seem to be N western estern favorites the amount of seed required to plant an acre varies with the bazi variety e ty from 40 to 75 pounds probably the best harvest returns have been obtained hon en beans were planted in drills rather th than wit hills bills for this a an average grain seeder can be used for planting stopping up as many ceded tubes in the grain seeder is you find necessary to give the average width for cultivation the seed should be planted medium shallow with just enough dirt to cover to give a moist seed bej bel t and insure quick germination one of the N of a good bean crop is quick sturdy producing a good stand the writer believes that beans can be successfully cultivate and irrigated iiri gated in rows 28 inches apart it is to bo be hoped that in sm ill orchards where trees havo have not yet como come into bearing ground ran bo be to cupler between rows with thia this crop without injury to tho the trees and with pi to the crower grower let us consider a fow few acres of beans for our farm crop plans for 1910 |