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no aililicial iiiociihilion, as [hvvv may he siiHicient 

 hactoria on Ihc seed to iiioculale llie growing plants. 

 II the hind hicks hunuis or is poor, aiiilicial inocidation 

 may |)r()ve l)eneileial and shonid he done either l^elore 

 or at i)hinting time. 



Inoenhdion of seed may be (h)ne either by scattering 

 in Ihe (hid with the seed inoculated soil from a soy 

 bean hehl, or by the use of bacterial cultures. Soy 

 bean cultures may be obtained from connnercial com- 

 panies or from the I'. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Office of Soil Bacteriology, Washington, D. C. The 

 latter will furnish any farmer enough to inoculate two 

 acres. Instructions how to use the cultures usually 

 accompany each package. 



Cropping Systems 

 The growing of soy beans fds well into many of the 

 cro])ping systems employed in the Cotton Belt. As a 

 grain crop they may occupy some of the land formerly 

 j)lantt"d in cotton or corn. When winter oats and wheat 

 are harvested in time to allow the stubble to be ploAved, 

 it may be planted in beans, either for seed, hay, or 

 grazing. 



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A Row of Sov Beans Growing in a Six Foot Corn Middle. 

 Beans are Easily Cultivated and Do Not Seem 

 to Reduce tlic Yield of Corn. 



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