SOY BEANS 

For soil improvement, where 
quick results are wanted, the Soy 
Bean is the most useful legume 
crop. In order to add nitrogen to 
the soil it must, of course, be inoc- 
ulated; otherwise, it impoverishes 
the soil even more rapidly than 
corn. However, if inoculated with 
the right bacteria, it produces in a 
single season a large, spreading 
root system covered with big nod- 
ules. 
Soy Beans fit into the rotation as 
a cultivated crop, a grain crop or a 
hay crop. As a cultivated crop, 
they are usually grown with corn, 
this combination making it possible 
to grow a legume for soil improve- 
ment on every acre every year, the 
corn and Soy Beans being followed 
by small grain with clover. 
Preparing and Seeding 
SOY BEANS 
It is not safe to sow until the 
same time or a little later than 
corn. If seeded with corn, but sown 
separately, figure on sowing one 
Soy Bean grain for each grain of 
corn. When grown alone, Soy 
Beans may be sown with a grain 
drill or corn planter, or broadcast. 
If grain drill is used, some of 
the spouts may be stopped up, the 
number of spouts: closed depending 
on the desired space between rows; 
and this again depends upon the 
kind of equipment available for cul- 
tivation. 
Soy Beans Make Excellent 
HAY 
Soy Beans are generally grown 
alone for hay. Seed solid or in 
rows. They are usually cut with a 
mowing machine about the time 
the pods begin to fill. After this, 
they are left on the ground until 
wilted, then raked up and placed 
in tall, loose cocks for about a 
week. 
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