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Show VPP GROWING 60Y BEANS IB Fred E. Moycr, Buffton, Ohio, writes V as "Please give me Information how to BV low Boy beans. I would like to havo them In towb far enought apart so I can cultivate them. Please state H amount of seed per acre." M Soy bcnnn are used very extensively S for haying purposes throughout Ohio. BV Together with cowpeas, soy beans fill a very Important place In crop ro- tatlon, and make a good hay crop, be- V trin bo If an early crop should fall or partially fall, It Is possible to grow a crop of so) beans during the summer months. One of tho chief objections to V Eoy beans as a hay crop Is that tho. Btems become very fibrous or woody unless harvested early. Soy beans make a very good sllago crop when mixed with corn. Tho best results can be obtained by using two parts of corn to one of soy beans. The Ohio experiment station has found that best results are obtained when these two crops are gTOwn separ- ately and mixed at the time of filling BBb the silo, putting In two loads of corn BBb and then one load of soy beans. For soiling purposes soy beans do BBS very well, mainly because they come BBb on later than oats, rye, and other crops used for this purpose. Also, because of tho nature of the plant, It stands a great deal of hot weather. Soy beans, being similar to the other 'leguminous crops, lmprovo the soil by B gathering nitrogen fiom the air. If H soy beans or clovcrB have not been grown on the field previously, the soy beans will not, or are apt not to do to well the first year. The presence ot HJ soil bacteria Is necessary to obtain the 1 best results. This bacteria seems to J be present In more desirable quan- titles after the beans have been grown E In the same field at least one year. Ba There nre a number of varieties that Bff arc grown very succetsfully In Ohio, BBJ but the medium green Is the best and Bl most widely prnwr ft rcnujros from J ' ninety to one hundred days for matiir- , Ing. It Is a very good crop for pro- J duclng hay, but, on the other hand, J must bo handled with care or It will BVI s'jRtter Us seed very badly. The Ito Jl a San Is nn extensively used variety. It UP Is ten to fifteen days earlier than the JRj medium green, but does not yield as WjjM much seed, nor Is It as satisfactory BH for hay as medium green. There are several other varltlcs, such as me- dlum yellow, medium early blaclc, and 1 medium brown, but the two mem- j tloned above nre tho best. HJ Tho soy benn requires n seed bed similar to that of corn. It will pro- duce larger yields of forage on fertile BVJ soils, but seems to produce moro seed VJ on colls that are only medium In fcr- tlllty. The application of stable ma- BB nuro Is very profitable -for growing Bl soy beans. J In seeding soy beans. If for raising seed only, they should bo drilled In J rows twenty-four to thirty Inches J npart, which Is wide enough to cnablo them to be cultivated. If grown for forage only, or for green manuring J purpopcs, they nre usually drilled -eight Inches npart by the use of the common I grnln drill. The Ohio exprlnient station hns not found a wide varlnco BBl In forage production between fields VJ where the beans were drilled eight Inches anart as compared with those drilled twenty -four Initios npart. Whon drilled otqht Inches apart, the BtnP's do not grow as large, and for this reason spem to mnfco n little lict- E ter nuallty of hay than when drilled In wider rows. Bl With the rows twenty-eight to thirty H Inches npart. It requires nl'nut one-hnlf B bushel of seed tn tho ncre; two font rows require about thrco pecks, and t H drilled solid, from one and one-half to H two bushels to the acre. H Tho tlllago Implements used fo- eul- 1 tlvnttng soy beans nre similar to thoso H used for corn, In Eomo rases tho H weedcr has' given very good satUfac- H tlon, but usually the one-horse hnrrrw Bf tooth cultlvntor Is used. All cultlva- J tlon should be shallow and level. H When harvesting for hay, the soy M beans should be cut just as soon as, the H pods begin to form, for two reasons H first, to preserve the leaves, which Is B tho most important part of forngo H purposes, and second, tho stem Is not H so woody at this stage of the plant's B growth. If the plants nr left until B tho beans are matured, the stems are B very woody and ot little value for hay H If the plant Is to be used for sllago fl purposes, It may be permitted tn stand Wlf until It Is moro mature and yet make W good feed. . BE When cutting for seed, it is ncces- DjE sary to harvest before the seeds nre H Tlpe, so as to prevent losing a largo H portion of the seeds by shattering. H The moving mnchlno and tho hny H rake are tho best implements for har- B vesting the soy beans, Thero have H been some special machines designed H for this purpose, but they have not H proven satisfactory. When threnshlng H for reed, the ordinary threshing ma- Bj chlno will handle the work sntlsfnrtor- BS Hy, but ahould bo run at n very modcr- H nte rpeed with tho concaves blank. |