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At the Delaware Experiment Station, an application of 250 

 to 350 pounds to the acre of a mixture of 400 pounds of acid 

 phosphate and 100 pounds of muriate of potash is recom- 

 mended. Good results were obtained at the Tennessee 

 Agricultural Experiment Station by using acid phosphate 

 alone at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds to the acre. In using 

 commercial fertilizer, it is well to apply broadcast before 

 the soybeans are planted. 



Lime as shown especially by Mooers' experiments in 

 Tennessee almost invariably gives pronouncedly larger 

 yields. 



644. Soybean mixtures. Soybeans are well adapted 

 to planting in mixture with other farm crops. Results of 

 experiments along this line indicate that a larger yield of 

 hay can be secured and also a greater variety of forage. 

 The chief advantage, perhaps, is in the varied ration. 



Soybeans and corn. Soybeans are more generally 

 grown with corn than with any other crop. They may be 

 planted in the same hills with corn, in alternate hills with 

 the corn in the same row, in alternate rows of each or two 

 rows of each. Rarely they are broadcasted in mixture. 

 When soybeans are grown with corn by these methods, the 

 crop may be fed on the land to hogs or harvested for si- 

 lage. The early and medium varieties of soybeans may 

 be planted in between the corn rows at the time of the 

 last cultivation. 



Soybeans and cowpeas. A mixture of . soybeans and 

 cowpeas is more easily harvested and cured than cow- 

 peas alone. In such mixtures, tall strong-growing varie- 

 ties of soybeans are best as they tend to support the 

 vining cowpeas. Care should be taken to select varieties 

 of soybeans and cowpeas that mature about the same 

 time. In sowing such a mixture, it is better to use a larger 



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