Bean

Name of numerous herbs or vines of the natural is Vicia Faba ; the Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus ; the kidney bean, P. vulgar is . The white bean so largely used as a food, having a higher nutritious value than wheat, but rather indigestible. The string beans are gardener's varieties of the Phaseolus vulgar is , and when eaten in their green state are not very nourishing. Beans raised in field culture are almost entirely the Pea-bean and its near relatives the Marrow and Kidney. A fairly rich warm soil is best suited for them. They are planted May or early June in hills or drills, and vated much the same as Indian Corn. When ripe, the whole plants are pulled by hand or machinery, stacked in small stacks, and when dry threshed. The beans are then sorted by hand and are ready for market. The straw, pods, and imperfect beans make a useful food for animals, especially sheep. Bean Bags. Game with cloth bag partially filled with beans. Two sides are formed, and each takes half the bags. which are placed on a table or chair at one end of each line of players. The bags are pa ed along each line from hand to hand, and the side which first transfers all its bags to the other end becomes the winner. Bean Caper. Herbs of the genus Zygophyllum , natural family Zygophyllaceæ , natives of the Old World.