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Show PLANT SOME BKANS rV, 'M ,.' . - l-v; jfl For those orchardhts who cultivate !! their orchards, beans ore an Ideal H crop. They may be planted later and iH harvested earlier than many crops, rH thko less from tho soil and shado tho ground so as to prevent burning out ffl tho humus. They do not Interfere with proper ! control of water for benefit (if trutt ! and trees. It is Important that tho soil should ;H bo prepared and kept ln goad condl- tlon till planting so Uiat tho seed may lH bo put In moist soil nnd rotro up 1 promptly, assuring an oven growth l! and ripening. fl Seed should bo of tho bet, ciops M should never be risked with poor seed Wo plant about tho middle of May H with a corn planter in rows thirty In- VH ches apart and hills about fcftecn In- fiM ches using three or four beans to CH tho hill. Somo planters drill beuns Hflji with a boet drill and culUvato with a ! beet cultivator and get good results P buUthey uso moro seed to tho acre, !! more work to keep tho crop froo tiom M weeds and more labor ln handling the M crop through where a bean harvester la used, the work of handling U much H the same. ''Vl A blacksmith hero has made a boin f hhrvester by putting two knlveu on a -JIU beet cultivator and cutting the bean ' roots Just under Uio surface ot the 'M ground which works very well. 'I hey H should bo harvested when tho earlier Hl pods get dry and beforo they fctghi lll to shell, dried well ln the field and M threshed or stacked ln narrow stacks M and well covered. M It Is Important to properly prepare M beans for market. They should be i M cleaned and hand-picked so is to be i M oqual to beans from California Uien fl dealers will buy them at market price M which hero Is Eastern or California j M prlco plus tho freight. Utah should raise its own beans. |