瓦尔登湖三人行（101）《瓦尔登湖》第七章 豆田（7）（上）

2021年10月4日 晚8:30——9:30 瓦尔登湖三人行 直播实况录制 腾讯会议版 汉英文本 Walden [ˈwɔldən] (Issue 101) 7. The Bean-Field (7) [12] But to be more particular, for it is complained that Mr. Coleman has reported chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers, my outgoes were, - For a hoe, .................................... $0.54 Plowing, harrowing, and furrowing, ............. 7.50 Too much. Beans for seed, ................................ 3.12½ Potatoes " ................................... 1.33 Peas " ................................... 0.40 Turnip seed, ................................... 0.06 White line for crow fence, ..................... 0.02 Horse cultivator and boy three hours, .......... 1.00 Horse and cart to get crop, .................. 0.75 In all, ................................... $14.72½ [13] My income was, (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet), from Nine bushels & twelve quarts of beans sold, .. $16.94 Five " large potatoes, ................. 2.50 Nine " small " .................. 2.25 Grass, ....................................... 1.00 Stalks, ...................................... 0.75 In all, .................................. $23.44 Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $8.71½. [14] This is the result of my experience in raising beans: Plant the common small white bush bean about the first of June, in rows three feet by eighteen inches apart, being careful to select fresh round and unmixed seed. First look out for worms, and supply vacancies by planting anew. Then look out for woodchucks, if it is an exposed place, for they will nibble off the earliest tender leaves almost clean as they go; and again, when the young tendrils make their appearance, they have notice of it, and will shear them off with both buds and young pods, sitting erect like a squirrel. But above all harvest as early as possible, if you would escape frosts and have a fair and salable crop; you may save much loss by this means. 但还是要更详细点，因为科尔曼先生的报告里已经主要是对绅士农夫们的昂贵实验抱怨了，我的种豆支出是—— 一把锄头.................................0.54美元 开地、耙地、耕地.........................7.50美元 太多了 豆种.....................................3.125美元 土豆种...................................1.33美元 豌豆种...................................0.40美元 白萝卜种.................................0.06美元 画白线圈乌鸦用石灰.......................0.02美元 雇马耕田和雇孩子三小时...................1.00美元 马和手推车去收获.........................0.75美元 -------------- 合计:...............................14.725美元 我的收入是 (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet【注：引自加图《农书》“主人应惯于销售而非购买】） , 从 九蒲式耳和十二夸脱可卖豆子.........................16.94美元 五个巨型土豆.......................................2.50美元 九个小的...........................................2.25美元 卖掉干草...........................................1.00美元 桔梗...............................................0.75美元 ------------- 合计:........................................23.44美元 盈余，正如我在其他地方说的：8.715美元。 这就是我种植豆子实验的结果：种的是普通不大的白色矮菜豆，约是从六月一号，垄宽三英尺，垄距十八英寸，仔细地选那些新而圆的不混杂的豆种。首先设法找到虫子咬过的，然后在拔掉的空白处再种上新的。接着留意寻找土拨鼠，因为他们所到之处会把豆子刚长出来的嫩芽啃得光光，那地方特别显眼；而且一旦嫩芽又一次出现，他们也会注意到，会连蓓蕾带豆荚一起扯走，而且经常像松鼠坐着直直的不动。但是最为重要的是/收获的要尽可能早，如果你能逃过霜冻，就会有一个相当可观和销得动的收成；这样你可以少受不少损失。