The Marshall republican., 1912-08-16

for haying purposes throughout Ohio
Together with cowpeas. soy beans
MI a very important place in crop ro-
tation. and make a good hay crop. be-
cause II an early crop should fail OF
partially fail, II is possible to grow a
crop OF soy beans during the summer
months. One Of the chief objections 70
soy beans as a hay crop Is that the
stems become very ibrous or woody
unless harvested early.
Soy beans make a very good silage
crop when mixed with corn. The
best results can be obtained by using
two parts OF corn to one OF soy beans.
The Ohio experiment station has
found that best results are obtained
when these two crops are grown separ-
ately and mixed at the time OF filling
the silo. putting In two loads OF corr
and then one load OF soy beans.
For soillng purposes soy beans do
very well. mainly because they come
on later than oats. rye. and other crops
used for this purpose. Also. because
OF the nature OF the plant. II stands a
great deal Of hot weather.
Soy beans. being similar to the other
leguminous crops. improve the soil by
gathering nitrogen from the air. n
soy beans or ciovers have not been
grown on the field previously. the soy
beans will not. or are apt not TO do 20
we'll the first year. The presence OF
soil bacteria IL necessary 10 obtain the
best results. This bacteria seems TO
be present In more desirable guam
titles after the beans have been grown
in the same field at least one year.
There are a number OF varieties that
are grown very successfully In Ohio.
but the medium green In the best and
most widely grown. II requires from
ninety TO n hundred days for matur-
ing. II is a very good crop for pro-
ducing hay. but. on the other hand.
must be handled with care or II will
shatter its seed very badly. The Ito
San Ii an extensively used variety. II
IA ten to fifteen days earlier than the
medium green. but does not yield as
much seed. nor is II m satisfactory
for hay rs medium green. There are
several other yarities. such as me-
dunn yellow. medium early black. and
medium brown. but the two menu
toned above are the best.
The soy bean requires n seed bed
similar 10 that OF corn. II will pro-
duce larger yields OF forage on fertile
soils. but seems 10 produce more seed
on soils that are only medium In fer
tility. The application OF stable ma
r is very profitable for growing
soy beans.
In seeding soy beans. n for raising
seed only. they should be drilled In
lows t~wenty-four to thirty inches
apart. which IL wide enough TO enable
them TO be cultivated. II grown for
forage only. or for green manuring
purposes. they are usually drilled eight
inches apart by the use OF the common
grain drill. The Ohio experiment
station has not found q wide variance
In forage production between fields
where the beans were drilled eight
inches apart as compared with those
drilled twenty : four inches apart.
When drilled. eight inches apart. the
stalks do not q as large. and for
this reason seem Ia make q little bet
ter quality OF hay than when drilled
IN wider rows.
With the rows twenty-ei eight TO thirty
inches apart, Il requires about one-hali
bushel OF seed To the acre: two foot
rows require about three pecks. and II
drilled solid. from n and one-half to
two bushels to the acre.
The .tillage Implements used for cul-
tivating SOY beans are similar to those
used for corn. In some cases the
weeder has given very good satisfac-
ton. but usually the one-horse harrow
tooth c~ultivator Is used. All cultiva-
tion should he shallow and level.
When harvesting for hay, the SOY
beans should be cut just az soon az the
pods begin to form. for two reasons
FIRST. to preserve the leaves. which "a
the most important part OF forage
purposes. and second, the stem IA no,
so woody at this stage Of the plants
growth. II the plants are left unit
the beans are matured, the stems are
very woody and Of little value for hay
II the plant is t6 be used for silags
purposes. II may be permitted to stand
until It ia more mature and yet make
good feed.
When cutting for seed, II h nsces-
ssry to harvest before the seeds an
ripe. so a. to prevent losing 8 iargs
portion OF the seeds By shxttering.
The moving machine aud the hay
rake arc the best implements for hsr
yssting the soy beans. There have
been some special machines designet
for this purpose, but they have no'
proven satisfactory. when t~hresshinl
for seed. the ordinary threshins ma
chine will handle the work ssttsfaetor'
". but should be run q 9 very moder
ats spesd with the coneaves blaAk.
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