Humidity : Humidity is very low, while the evapora 
tion goes on very actively, particularly in spring, as already 
hinted. The evaporation in the germinating period in 
spring, together with dearth of rain, from a standpoint of 
Bean cultivation, can not act favourably upon the germi- 
nation and growth. However, the large evaporation in 
summer and autumn makes excellently for the growth and 
ripening of the Beans. 
Especially at the havesting time in autumn, ample 
evaporation tends to perfect the drying of the Beans to 
befit them better for long storage and to enhance the 
yualitv. 
(2) MaxcHURIAN Soin & Bean Crops 
The soil best suited to Bean cultivation is loamy clay. 
clay, loam. and sandy loam in the order mentioned. While, 
as to the relation between the ingredients of the soil and 
the Bean crops, no definite conclusion is yet available. 
Beans like other leguminous plants, appear to get the 
nitrogen needed for the growth principally through symbio- 
tic action with bacilli radicicola, and little thereof is absorb- 
ed directly from the soil. Therefore, the amount of 
nitrogen ingredients contained in the soil has less effect 
upon the Beans than on any other species of plants. A 
soil possessed of the qualities suited for the propagation of 
baeili radicicola is generally of smaller grain having a strong