Garfield County News | 1923-09-14 | Page 10 | Harvesting Soy Beans with Ordinary Binder

harvesting soy beans with ordinary binder binde r soy boy beans can be easily harvested hary ested and with little loss to the grower it thoy they are cut and bound with an ordinary grain binder according to F 8 of the iowa experiment station since tile the plants branch close to the ground about one fourth of the guards of the binder should bo be equipped with lifter guards such as are used for lodged small grain if these guards are used only a small percentage of the he t beans will be left on the ground it Is best to cut the beans when the pods aro are nearly ripe the crop shatters rather easily when the pods poda tire are dead ripe most alost of the leaves leavea will will have fallen when tile the beans aro are ready to cut the beans are easily shocked but the shockers should be brov provided aided with gloves since the dry brittle sterna stems injure the hands