174 GROWING ANNUAL LEGUMES 
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ut machines are devised by which time and expense are saved. 
fter this the nuts are spread in thin layers on floors as in attics 
o more thoroughly dry before marketing. It usually pays to clean 
hem by revolving in barrel churns or otherwise to polish the hulls. 
for varieties sold to oil factories this is not practised. 
ield beans are sometimes spoken of as white or navy beans. 
he leading states in their production are Michigan, New York, 
California and Maine. (Fig. 108.) The crop is chiefly used for 
uman food, being sold in the dry form and as canned baked beans. 
Culture. —Planting is done in late spring a week or two after 
orn planting time. The rows are commonly thirty to thirty-six 
inches apart and the plants stand close together in the rows. 
mall-seeded varieties will require about one-half bushel of seed 
er acre. Three or four times as much is needed for larger varieties. 
void using seeds which are affected with anthracnose disease or 
infested with bean weevils. Harrowing twice before the beans are 
p will aid greatly in letting the crop keep ahead of weeds. After 
he seedlings have dropped the seed leaves, cultivation between the 
ows should be frequent and thorough. Avoid cultivation when 
the vines are wet with rain or dew. Little hand-hoeing shouid be 
ecessary. Cultivation when dry is to prevent the spread of anthrac- 
ose disease. 
Harvesting may be either by hand or by two-row machines. 
he vines, in either case, are collected in small piles for partial 
curing. Later these are put in larger piles, sometimes around poles. 
When fully dry they are stored in barns. Seed pods must never 
e left in contact with the soil during wet weather. Thrashing 
ay follow soon after curing. Damp pods will not thrash well. 
hen too dry the beans split more easily. The speed of the thrasher 
ust be governed to suit the condition of dryness. Because of 
hese difficulties thrashers with two cylinders are commonly used 
ne cylinder running faster than the other. 
apan clover or lespedeza has spread somewhat naturally in 
ecent years over the southern states from Virginia to Texas. Itiis 
ow more generally sown as seed is produced for that purpose in 
everal of the Gulf states. Tt is a low, fine-stemmed summer annual 
sith small leaves somewhat resembling alfalfa. It adapts itself 
rell to a wide range of soils, frequently growing where other crops 
r even weeds will not thrive. It has found a warm place in the 
eart of the southern farmer who has gullied fields. It greatly 
improves summer pastures when mixed with grasses or sown alone. 
t will usually grow readily with Bermuda grass and throughout