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Show Sod Beans Rising In Estimation, as a Foraae God 1 m a ton-e6 crP sov beans have H ffi becomo of increasing lmpor- H JiM. tanco ln Part3 of the United H States, especially southward. H They havo been tested at most of tho H Btato agricultural experiment stations, H and it is clear that their region or max - H lmum Importance will be south of the H red clover area and ln sections where soy beans unless tho field can be inclosed in-closed with rabbit proof fencing. At the present time seven varieties of soy beans Mammoth, Hollybrook, Guclph, Ito San, Buckshot, Ogemaw and Wisconsin Black are handled by American seedsmen During the past threo years more than" 200 additional varieties havo been Introduced from China, Japan and India, moat of which trade, and these tho very bost sorts Seedsmen are urged to use tho varietal names here adopted, and buyers should be very careful to specify the variety wanted. Good preparation of the soil Is necessary neces-sary for soy beans, otherwise weeds aro likely to choko out tho young plants This preparation should consist of deep plowing and subsequent working room for development in twenty-eight Inch rows In eastern North Carolina soy beans aro planted in rows four feet apart and hilled as high as possible to aid ln drainage, which Is vcrj Important Impor-tant In that region. It Is especially important to plant seed of good quality Soy bean seed, unless It is frosh and has been properly prop-erly stored, la very apt to be low in I ' -w ,'r nl r-m-' 'urn h'Mr-' vmp. km I HHSffin ' K few -1 ' NlX VMm H mStKyiJKfJmdm ,,.,.. ... ,lin, ' i. - . v I V vxJ u ' V?. v'firii H 3GKT7Bbi -3 e&z vr&KQ lit if ' ' t ' Li,yvl 1 -, x . -A f.i. vr-vJ B alfalfa cannot be grown oucccssrully. H Thoy thus compete principally with H cowpeas, but as cultivation is usually H required they fill a somowhat different H agricultural need. Their culture has m greatly increased in recent years, espe- Hl clally in Tennessee, North Carolina, H Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and the H louthorn part of Illinois and Indiana. H It scem3 certain that the crop will bo- H some ono of great Importance in the H "cgions mentioned and probably over H 1 much wider area. The earlier varlc- H )los mature oven In Minnesota, Ontario M nd Massachusetts. H As a hay plant tho soy bean cannot H luccesafully compete with red clover j or alfalfa. M Tho soy bean la especially adapted to M ho cotton bolt and northward Into the Hl southern part of tho corn belt. H Soy boano arc also decidedly drought H resistant, much more so than cowpeas. H ind but for the depredations of rabbits 1 ivould bo a valuable crop in the somi- Hl arid west. Rabbits are exceedingly H 2ond of tho follago, and whero they are H numerous It is nearly useless to plant Photos from United States Agricultural Bulletin. - - SEVEN VARIETIES" OF SQY BEANs PLANT "aND ROOTS. ";'v,) aireaay been sufficiently teated to give some idea of their value. Many of the new varieties aro so superior in various respecta that thoy are certain to replace all of the above named varieties varie-ties except tho Mammoth and perhaps the Ito San. The matter of variety is of special Importance in soy beans, as many growers have been sorely disappointed n getting a small early variety when this difficulty occurs when there are at most Heven varieties handled by scodo-men scodo-men i it can readily bo seen that there with POr,b,1!ty f CTeater infusion with tho Introduction of more varieties On this account It Is very desirable to keep down to tho minimum the number of varieties introduced Into the seed with disk and harrow until a firm seed bed, with the upper two or three inches looso and mellow, is secured. Under nearly all conditions tho crop should bo grown in rows and given sufficient cultivation to keep down weedb. If tho ground is exceptionally free from weeds soy beans may bo sown broadcast broad-cast or drilled with tho idea of using them for hay The yield of seed Is nearly always greater when grown in cultivated rows. Soy beans lf In rows should be planted plant-ed so as to havo a plant on an average evory two or three inches In the row and the rows fjom thirty to thirty-six inches apart. Cultivation can bo more eaBily accomplished If tho rows aro thirty-six inches apart than whero tho distance is loss, though tho plants havo germination. It should theraforo be tested for viability boforo planting time. Tho planting should be shallow, preferably ono Inch and not to exceed two inches in depth. Poor stands result re-sult more frequently from too deep planting than from any other causo. A bushel of good seed Is sufficient to plant from two to three acres lf in cultivated cul-tivated rows, and hardly enough for one acre If sown broadcast. The cultivation of soy beans Is a simplo matter. Unless conditions aro very unfavorable the seedling plants appear above ground ln a week, and tillage ma then begin. Any good cultivator cul-tivator may be used, and fiat cultia-tlon cultia-tlon Is preferable, as the harvesting can bo more easily done than If the rows aro lulled or ridged. a r " 1 , ) 1 4 ! .' Soy beans may bo planted through a wide porlod from early spring till midsummer. mid-summer. Ordinarily they aro planted early ln June In the lowlands of Tennessee Ten-nessee and North Carolina and southward south-ward two crops of the early and medium me-dium varieties m ij be secured In a season In general early plantings require re-quire more tlmo to mature than late plantings, the difference In tho same variety often amounting to as much as threo weoks. Like other legumes, soy beans are able to utilize the nitrogen of the air and add It to tho soil by means of root nodules. Theso nodules aro caused by certain bacteria Unless they are present pres-ent soy beans ln tho usual types of soil will make but a weak growth, and many of the plant3 will turn yellow and dio Throughout the south the proper bacteria for soy beans seem to be widely wide-ly distributed, so that natural inoculation inocula-tion now occurs generally. In Isolated localities where this crop has not been grown, however, some difficulty may bo expected from lack of inoculation during tho first season at least. Northward North-ward and westward greater difficulty ln this regard is experienced. There has been but little experimenting experiment-ing as jet In grow ing soy beans in mixtures mix-tures with other plants. What little has been dono Indicates that tho soy bean may bo satisfactorily grown in combination with a number of other agricultural crops |