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Show oo BE1S PROFITABLE BI DRV HUM SOILS Beans can be profitably grown on dry farm soils, according to an announcement an-nouncement just made by Howard J. Maughan, assistant agronomist at the Utah Agricultural college, and based upon extensive work in bean culture conducted by the Utah Experiment Station under Mr. Maughan's direction. direc-tion. It Is much better, In the present pres-ent food crisis, to grow beans on land that was to be loft fallow than to allow al-low the land to lie Idle for a year and produco weeds, declares Mr. Maughan. A rotation of wheat and beans is a good combination and is much better for the land and usually pays better than continuous croppings to wheat A crop of beans requires but little more work than that necessary to summer sum-mer fallow tho soil, says Mr. Maughan. The crop following beans is apparently apparent-ly nearly as good as that following a fallow year, and ls much better than that following a crop of weeds. Under favorable dry farm conditions, an acre has produced noarly 800 pounds of beans. Proper care must bo given the beans. The. ground must bo well tilled till-ed and a mulch maintained or unfavorable unfa-vorable rosults may bo expected. The seeds should be planted in 30 to 36 Inch checks, planting 3 to 8 seeds in a hill. This can be done with a check row corn planter, or by marking tho land two ways and planting tho beans at the intersections. With this method meth-od tho crop can bo cultivated in sev-oral sev-oral directions, and this will eliminate hoolng to a &Teat dogree. Because all sections of the stato do not havo a suitable soil aud climate for dry farm beans, it Is bottor to plant but a small area the first year, trying several varieties, warns Mr. Maughan. oo |