Show SOIL FOR LIMA BEANS ane of most desirable products of any family garden general rules for care of garden crops should be adhered to in cultivation plant thrives when land Is rich beans thrive best in a rather warm sandy loam but may be grown on almost any kind orwoll for the best results the soil should not be too rich in nitrogenous matter or the plants will run to foliage and stems at thac expense of the crop of pods heavy slay soils are not well adapted to bean alture ul ture owing to the tendency of the soil to bake and prevent the seedlings from coming up evenly the bean does not draw heavily upon the soil and Is suitable for rotation with other garden crops in the cultivation of beans the general rules for the care of garden crops should be adhered to and frequent shallow stirring of the soil practiced for a constant supply of bunch or snap beans successive plantings should be made the final planting being made about eight weeks before time for frost in the autumn in the south plantings should be made as soon as the ground begins to warm and continue until hot weather sets in toward the end of summer one or two plantings should be made for a fall crop the lima bean both pole and bush forms one of the most desirable prod acts of the garden this crop thrives best when the soil Is quite rich in 8 or 10 to the hill and after the plants become established thin to 4 or 5 the hills should be 4 or 5 feet apart for the pole varieties and 2 or 3 feet apart for the dwarf or bunch varieties jt ts a good plan to make up the hill with a little additional manure well mixed with the soil cover the beans about li inches placing them with the eye downward when planting beans of any land the seed should not be covered to a greater depth than 2 inches when the soil Is moderately dry and it the soil Is wet the cohering should be very slight |