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When the ground has been well mellowed and 

 the crop is wanted for pasture in the green form, 

 or for hay or manure, it may be broadcasted or 

 planted in rows. When wanted mainly for the 

 grain, the seed is put in rows with the corn with 

 the grain drill more commonly, but sometimes with 

 the com planter or ordinary bean planter. In 

 growing the small varieties, the rows may be as 

 near as 24 inches. The largest varieties call for 

 a distance between the rows of not less than 3 feet. 

 The plants in the row will bear growing thickly, 

 as the habit of growth is upright. The distance 

 between the plants may vary from 2 to 5 or 6 

 inches, according to the size of the plants. The 

 amount of seed used per acre is seldom less than 

 half a bushel. 



When once started, soy beans are hardy plants. 

 They will stand being run over with a weeder or 

 light harrow after they are up, without taking much 

 harm. But one or the other of these implements 

 ought to be used on them just before they appear, 

 and then, if necessary, once after they are up. Later, 

 the corn cultivators may be kept going until the 

 season of bloom. With careful attention to the cul- 

 tivation, hand hoeing may not be necessary. The 

 cultivation thus given very effectively summer 

 fallows the soil. 



SPELT. — One of the types of the wheat family 

 widely cultivated in ancient times. Outside of 

 Spain, it is sparingly cultivated or used. In this 

 country it has been used as a stock food only, and 

 that largely in an experimental way. Both spring 

 and winter varieties are found, but in neither case 

 is the yield as great as with common wheat. Its 

 most fatal disease is rust, but it withstands other 



