Show I IS SOIL Oil FOR LIMA BEANS t on brie One of Most desirable Products t of Any Family Garden Gen General Genral ral Rules for Care of or Gard Garden n Crops Should Be Adhered To in Cultivation Plant Thrives i When Land Is Rich Beans Deans thrive best In n a rather warm sandy loam loain but may be grown growl on almost almost al almost al- al most any kind of soil soli For the best results the soil should not be too rIchIn rich richIn richin In nitrogenous matter or the plants will run to foliage and stems at nt the thee e expense pense of the crop of pods Heavy clay soils are not well adapted to bean culture culture owing to the tendency of the soil to bake ruin and prevent the seedlings from coming up enl e evenly The bean benn does oes not draw heavily upon the soil and Is suitable for rotation with other garden crops In the cultivation of beans the general general gen gen- genI I eral rules for the care rare of garden crops should be adhered to and frequent shallow stirring of the soil practiced For a a constant supply of bunch or ort t snap nap 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 ns soon as fiS the ground begins to warm and continue continue continue con con- until hot weather sets in Toward Toward To To- ward 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 tile most desirable products products products prod prod- of the garden This crop thrives best best when the soil Is quite rich In l r i iII II 1 l t. t i r- r Late Lima Beans fact good lima limn beans cannot be grown in poor soil Place the seed In hills 8 or 10 to the hill bill and a after ter the plants become established thin to 4 or 5 The hills should be 4 or 5 feet apart for forthe forthe forthe the p pole le varieties and 2 or 3 feet apart for the dwarf or bunch varieties ItIs It Itis ItIs is a n good plan to make up the hill bill with a n little additional manure well mixed with the soil Cover Coyer the beans about 1 11 Inches placing them with the eye ye downward When planting beans of any kind the he seed should not be covered ered to a n greater depth than 2 Inches when the soil soU Is moderately dr- dr dry drand and If the soil is wet the covering should be very slight |