The Bean-Field
Meanher,
ed, ient to be he
earliest est he
ground; indeed t easily to be put off. he
meaning of teady and self-respecting, this small herculean
labor, I kne. I came to love my rohough so many
more ted. ttaco t
strengtaeus. But whem? Only heaven
knoo make tion
of ths surface, which had yielded only cinquefoil,
blackberries, jo, and t s and
pleasant floead t shall I learn of
beans or beans of me? I ce I
o t is a fine broad
leaf to look on. My auxiliaries are ter
t fertility is in tself, which for
t part is lean and effete. My enemies are worms, cool days,
and most of all woodc er
of an acre clean. But jo and the
rest, and break up t he
remaining beans oo tougo meet
new foes.
from Boston to tive tohese very woods and
to t is one of t scenes stamped on
my memory. And noo-nige
very er. till stand han I; or, if some
umps, and a new
gro
eyes. Almost t springs from the same perennial
root in ture, and even I lengto clothe
t fabulous landscape of my infant dreams, and one of ts
of my presence and influence is seen in these bean leaves, corn
blades, and potato vines.
I planted about two acres and a was
only about fifteen years since the land was cleared, and I myself
out tumps, I did not give it any
manure; but in t ap