Bulletin . l adaptation. They dowell on sandy soils which are too light to grow profitable cropsof clover. They also thrive on heavier soils. In general, anysoil which will grow good corn will grow soy beans. Betteryield for forage can be grown on rich soils than on poor the soil is poor, barnyard manure or commercial fertilizermay be used profitably. If the beans are inoculated there islittle need for any nitrogenous fertilizer. Here at the stationwe used ten tons of manure and 500 pounds acid phosphate peracre with inoculation. The beans grew well and gave excellentyields as our
Bulletin . l adaptation. They dowell on sandy soils which are too light to grow profitable cropsof clover. They also thrive on heavier soils. In general, anysoil which will grow good corn will grow soy beans. Betteryield for forage can be grown on rich soils than on poor the soil is poor, barnyard manure or commercial fertilizermay be used profitably. If the beans are inoculated there islittle need for any nitrogenous fertilizer. Here at the stationwe used ten tons of manure and 500 pounds acid phosphate peracre with inoculation. The beans grew well and gave excellentyields as our data show. INOCULATION, t Soy bean seed may carry enough of the inoculating bacteriato cause a liberal formation of nodules on the roots. A farmercan never be sure of this and it is better to inoculate eitherwith soy bean soil or prepared pure cultures. Inoculated beans * Henrys Feeds and Feeding, 1910. tFor methods of inoculation see N. H. Press Bulletin No. 44. March, 1917.] the SOY BEAN IN NEW UninoculcUed and Inoculated Soy Beans. may show an increased growth over uninoculated ones. In 1915,in a test here at the station, we obtained the following results: Table III. Plot. InoculatedUninoculated Green Weightper T. Gain for inoculation 2. 520 T. Inoculated beans are richer in protein than uninoculated ones,?even though there is no increase in yield. At the MichiganStation* it was ascertained that inoculation increased the proteinin soy bean plants almost 50 per cent. SEEDING THE CROP. The seed bed for soy beans should be prepared the same asfor corn, or other cultivated crops. They should be plantedabout the same time as corn, as they need a warm soil to insurethe best germination. Planting in rows and cultivating as forcorn has proved to be the best method of producing them. They ?Bulletin 224, Michigan Experiment Station, 1905. 10 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [BuUetin 181 may be planted with the garden drill; the ordinary one-horse ortwo-hor
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