The Ohio farmer . make a profitable crop on someland too poor to grow a crop of find that rich, black loam producesby far the rankest and heaviest growthof foliage, but not the finest hay, ason the poorer clay spots thestems are finer and there is alarger percent of beans to foli-age than on the black soil. In grow-ing for seed we would recommend clayground, the richer the better to startwith. Before gathering the seed theleaves fall Off and remaining on theground make a fine coat of manure, so seed. Other growers and handlers ofsoys say they find the medium varie-eties best suited to
The Ohio farmer . make a profitable crop on someland too poor to grow a crop of find that rich, black loam producesby far the rankest and heaviest growthof foliage, but not the finest hay, ason the poorer clay spots thestems are finer and there is alarger percent of beans to foli-age than on the black soil. In grow-ing for seed we would recommend clayground, the richer the better to startwith. Before gathering the seed theleaves fall Off and remaining on theground make a fine coat of manure, so seed. Other growers and handlers ofsoys say they find the medium varie-eties best suited to Ohio. PLANTING. Soy beans are an easier crop to plantand cultivate than corn if you knowhow to go at it. We use the oats feedof an ordinary grain drill. Ours is aten-disk drill and by leaving the endholes open and stopping up the nexttwo with paper and leaving the fourthone open and so on, we have the rowsexactly 24 inches apart and can plantfour rows at a time. By trying or meas-uring one can soon learn where to. BROOD SOWS SAY SOY BEANS ARE O. K.
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