OTHER LEGUMES AND CATCH CROPS 



harvesting in time for seeding to wheat. The 

 preparation for wheat is made with the harrow 

 and roller or plank drag. 



When the soybean is grown for seed, the variety 

 should hold the peas without undue shattering, 

 and an erect grower is more easily handled with- 

 out loss of the crop. Varieties for regions will 

 vary, as do varieties of corn, according to climate. 



The Planting. Early varieties of the soybean 

 in the south can be planted as late as mid-summer, 

 but farther north a profitable crop requires nearly 

 all of the summer heat. The planting may be 

 made soon after the usual time of planting corn, 

 or whenever the ground has become warm. The 

 preparation of the soil should be more thorough 

 than that often given the cowpea. Solid drilling of 

 five pecks of seed per acre is satisfactory when the 

 crop is for fertilizing purposes only, and gives an 

 excellent hay on land free of weeds. When the 

 crop is wanted for hay, however, wheat usually 

 will follow, and it is much better to plant in rows 

 and to give two or three cultivations so that the 

 ground may be easily prepared for the wheat. 



A seed crop should be grown in rows. Three 

 pecks of seed in rows 28 inches apart is the 

 usual amount. 



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