Show c HAR HARVESTING TiNa BEANS Di Directions for t the e Growing and Hoo Ham Ham- dUng of This Profitable Crop The bean bean crop rop I fills a good place In fn Inthe the tho ordin ordinary ry farm rotation since since It it may be planted at ata ata at a a time when other work Is n not t pressing and require require require re- re re re- quire but a a small smaIl amount of cultivation vat ion They grow well well on ordinary clay loam soils and give good returns for the labor expended Bush beans should be planted after all d danger nger of frost Is past and corn planting and other spring work has been well completed A good crop may often be matured If planted as late late as July 4 They do best on loam soils and prefer clay uplands that are are well drained which need not be particularly par par- particularly rich It is best to plant them in rows about i two and one halt one half t to three and one half feet apart They may be I r planted with a corn planter adjusted adjust adjust- ed to to a slow speed so so as to drop the beans six to eight inches apart in inthe inthe inthe the row Some planters have special special special cial attachments for planting g beans The ground should be harrowed after the beans are planted and the surface may mar be thoroughly cultivated at that hat time The only cultivation necessary necessary to grow them is Is frequent stirring of the surface to keep down weeds and retain moisture Deep plowing should be avoided since since it It is unnecessary and harmful l. l The beans should be allowed to ripen and become brown before being beng being be be- ing ng picked It is usually best to to al allow allow allow al- al low them to become as dry dryas as possible possible possible pos pos- sible so as not to shell out in handling hand hand- ling There are several contrivances for pulling and cutting the beans one of the he simplest simples s ost p pre practical a ti- ti IS kcal cal Is shown In t the e. e c cut t v It It consists of a a knife which m may maybe y be made by any any blacksmith ith which is bolted bolted to to the stock of an an n or ordinary inary single shovel plow With one horse this instrument may be used to cut several acres a day The plow should b be be beheld hel held so t that at the knife passes passes along l Q b THE MADE HOME BEAN SHELLER I Just under the surface of the ground cutting the b bean an stems stems about one one half one half half Inch below the surface r After allowing the beans to dry and the leaves to wilt they may be gathered into piles with a tined four fork where they may be allowed to remain for a a day or two if the weather is dry They should then be hauled to shelter and placed in a pile not more than three feet deep If It leaves are very green there Is danger of molding molding molding mold mold- ing which will seriously Injure the beans They must be left in this pile until thoroughly dry dry and the shells have become hard and brilI brit brit- tie tle They may then be hulled either I by beating them out with a stick orby or orby by using one of the hullers several makes of which are are on the market A very cheap and effective huller suggested by Farm and Home maybe may mayb maybe b be made from the sketch It consists consists consists con con- of a cylinder a which may be ba made from a block of wood Into which are driven n a number of No 10 spikes with heads cut off oft about one Inch apart and In rows In the blo block k b which serves erves as as a concave other spikes are driven which when the arrangement Is Is mo mounted will pass between the the- rows of spikes on the r roller ller 3 |