Cultication of Arable Land.—Beans. 599 :

The quantity of produce of beans is different according to the nature of the foil, the kind of feed, the method of planting, and the exa¢tnefs with which the after-culture of the crop is conduéted. In Middlefex it is tiated to be from three and a half to four quarters the acre. And in Yorkfhire, when cultivated as a preparation for wheat, from four to fix quarters the acre; but where the crop precedes a fallow, only from two to three quarters. In other diftricis, as in Kent, where the bean hufbandry is. more perfe&t, the common tick beans are faid to afford from two to fix quarters, according to circumftances; the maza- gan, and other fmall beans of the fame fort, from three to five quarters, and fometimes confiderably more; and the Windfor, long-pod, and other large forts of beans, from three or four to ten quarters the acre*.‘Taking it through- out the whole kingdom, it is afferted by an able writer to vary from fixteen to forty bufhels the acre, but that.a good average crop can feldom be ftated at more than twenty f.

The ftraw of this crop is ufeful for various purpofes. When well broken by. threfhing, it forms.a durable litter for working horfes, as well as hogs and otheranimals. It’is alfo afferted to be a hearty and nutritious food for cattle during the winter feafon; and that both oxen and horfes, when not wrought, thrive well upon it. And as the reduced parts, or what is termed the caving- chaff, have been found valuable as a manger food for the labouring teams when blended with other fubftances, it is probable that in particular cafes the{tems might be cut into chaff with advantage. But when made ufe.of in thefe me- thods, it fhould be taken as frefh as poflible from the flail..

The{maller kinds of beans are principally employed in the feeding of horfes, hogs, and other animals; and as they contain a. third more meal in a given por- tion than oats, and at. the fame time probably afford a more durable nourith- ment, it muft be economical to make ufe of them in the feeding of labouring horfes. Andon the fame principles they muft be advantageous when ufed in the fattening of cattle,&c. But when hogs are fed. with this fort of food, it is afferted that: the pork is indifferent from the meat becoming hard, though for bacon it is extremely good.

Where the beans are to prepare the land for wheat, it is effentially neceffary that the ftubble, with fuch weeds-as may have been left, fhould be removed as expeditionfly as. poflible after the. beans are taken off.‘This purpofe is well

*-Correéted Reports of Middlefex, North Riding Yorkthire, and Kent, ¢-Donaldfan’s Modern Agriculture, yol, II.