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If the soil is well adapted for the beans and if the variety of 

 corn planted is not too large, or seeded too thickly, a fair yield 

 of beans may be secured by planting them in this way. Most 

 farmers in this state plant their silage corn too thickly to allow 

 ior*much growth of soy beans. If seeded with the corn, a har- 

 vester may be used to cut the beans and the corn at the same time. 



Considering all these factors we believe that the best way 

 to produce soy beans for silage is to grow them in a separate 

 field and mix them with the corn at silo filling time. 



The following is an extract from a letter written by A. W. 

 Benner, County Agricultural Agent in Grafton County, to the 

 author. Mr. Benner has had considerable experience in his 

 county in growing soy beans mixed with corn. 



"It has been my experience here that where soy beans have 

 been sown extremely thick with the corn they have lodged so 

 badly that they could not be harvested with a corn harvester. 

 Where they have been planted with corn that has been too 

 thickly planted, practically no growth has been obtained by the 

 soy beans." 



CULTIVATION. 



Before the beans come up they may be cultivated with a 

 weeder or a spike tooth harrow with the teeth slanted backward. 

 They should not be cultivated while the beans are coming through 

 the ground. Later cultivations should follow as for corn. A 

 one-horse adjustable harrow cultivator is very useful in the 

 narrow rows. All cultivations should be shallow, and should 

 leave the soil level. Drilled beans may be cultivated before 

 they come up with a harrow or weeder. The direction of these 

 implements should be crosswise of the drill. 



HARVESTING. 



Soy beans may be harvested for silage any time after the 

 pods form and before the leaves fall. If cut for hay they should 

 be harvested at the time the pods are forming. They should 

 not be allowed to stand too long for hay as the stems become 

 woody very rapidly after the pods form. Great care should be 

 taken to save all the leaves of the plants as they are the most 

 valuable part. 



