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may be planted with the garden drill; the ordinary one-horse or 

 two-horse corn planter, or with the grain drill. If a grain 

 drill is used certain cups may be stopped and the rows planted 

 at any desired distance. The rows should be from 24 to 30 inches 

 apart, and the beans should stand about 2 inches apart in the 

 row. 



The usual method of seeding for hay or soiling is to drill 

 solid. If a fine stemmed variety such as the Wilson or Black 



Inoculaled and Uninoculated iSoy Beans After Harvesting. 



Champion is used, they may be seeded in rows the same as for 

 silage. If coarser varieties are used they should be drilled solid, 

 as oats or rye. Soy beans should never be broadcasted by hand. 



More seed is used in drilling sohd, it requiring one and one-half 

 to two bushels of seed per acre. In rows 24 to 30 inches apart 

 only about one-half bushel of seed is required per acre. 



Considerable care should be exercised in planting not to 

 seed the beans too deeply. This is a frequent cause of failure. 

 On sandy soils they may be put in as deep as two inches, on 



