Show field beans that this crop is neglected is evident from the fact that beans sold in this market last for per bushel A few years ago the price of beans was about the same as that of wheat and still farmers found it profitable to raise them they raised them in many cases on land that would not produce paying crops of corn or any kind hind of small email grain they found the crop an economical one to raise for the reason son bon reabon that the planting cultivating and harvesting could coald be done at times when there was no pressing work to be performed no ritto costly machinery was required for cultivating them and no expense pas yaa incurred in thrashing them and preparing them for the market during the past year almost for the first time in the history of the country beans have been imported in quite large quantities from europe there is no state or territory in which field beans can not be raised to advantage they come as near being a bure bure sure eure cropas any that the farmer attempts to raise the plants are not generally liable to at attacks tacks of insects and are not destroyed by the wind the crop matures quickly and is ther therefore less ess liable to be damaged t than han many others ground can be prepared for a crop of beans after rhe the small grains are sown eown the time for tor harvesting them occurs between that of grain and rots pots potatoes toes and corn they can be threshed on the barn floor with a hand band flail any time in fix the latter part of the fall or winter they can be winnowed win by pouring them against the wind that passes through the bam bum doors the crop is a profitable one to all farmers and is specially adapted to thoe thosa of small means who are not prepared to purchase expensive farm implement pl ement emente few kinds of vegetable food are as nutritious as boans beans in all countries where much attention la is given to economy in food beans are extensively cultivated and form forma a leading article of diet chicago chica ghica 0 temes times |