The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-27
ApAPTAelLITY AND cUI1IVA.
~ TON OF SOYbEANS. .


emit ways, depending upon what result
4 Is expected. If intended for seed they
are best sown in rows % to SO inches
apart, with plants every two or three
inches In the row. If the crop is to be
cut for hay, it is preferable to plant
the rows more closely together and
drop the seed about two inches apart
in the row or else SOW the beans
broadcast.
Most farmers find it most conven.
lent to plant with an ordinary grain
drill byistopping up some of the spouts
and allowing the beans to run out as
desired. With the ordinary 6.foot
drill, beans may be fed from the two
Outside and the middle spouts. thus
making the rows 36 inches apart This
method, saves in labor and time but Is
not SO economical of seed as: the corn
planter or special drill. A corn plant;
er with; the wheels set "A inches apart
enables one to plant in rows 20 inches
apart by straddling every other row.
Most of the modern planters. 50 am
639. have special plates for drilling ing
Land for soybeans should be pre-.
pared In the same manner as for corn
or other cultivated crops. They re.
quireS practically the same general
care as does corn, and corn planting
time is the proper time for sowing
sOybeans. If meant for hay, they can
be planted up to. the last of June, de-
pending upon the seasonal prospects.
An 3Ames college bulletin has the fol-
lowing to say on soybeans for hay:
."Soybeans grown for hay should be
drilled at the rate Of to IL bushels
per acre with an ordinary grain drill,
or they may be sown broadcast and
narrowed in. Drilled beans usually
give best results. The land should be
prepared exactly as 1t would be for
corn. Set the drill to run III to inch
es deep, depending on soil and climatic
conditions. Approximately the same
amount Of hay can be produced by
drilling the beans in rows 70 to 80
inches apart and cultivating them, but
the stems become too coarse and
woody for good quality hay. When the
beans are drilled in. rows, from " to
8 pecks Of seed per acre are required.
The beans for seed should be planted
Just after corn planting time; for hay,
q few. days later" H.
Soybeans are more or less drought
and heat resistant, and enjoy warm
weather, the hotter the better. Be-
cause OF their many and varied uses,
they may be considered safe crop
on all types Of we'll drained soil in
Crawford county. AS hay substi-
atute, they find ready favor among
dairymen, due to the fact that a very
palatable hay rich in nutrients is pro.
duced Early maturing varieties OF
soybeans are usually the heavy seed
producers and are the safest varieties
to grow in Iowa. II they are grown
purely for green crop to plow under it
will pay to secure seed of some Of the
later heavier leafed varieties. The
varieties that have been maturing and
producing the largest amounts OF
seed at the Iowa agricultural expert
ment station are Black Eyebrow, Man.
chu, Ebony, Minnesota 10 and Peking.
SOybeans need incubation. Farm
ers growing them report that when
they are grown OH land for the first
time, unless the soil or the seed. has
been inoculated with proper bugs"
few, II any. nodules or. "little white
ball" will develop on the roots Any
one familiar with alfalfa knows that
the "little white balls" are filled with
the bugs" that are able to manufac-
ture plant food from the nitrogen in