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.8 wheel should follow the wheel mark made by the previous pas-
sage of the drill. In a left—hand turn the wheel must run 14
30 inches from the other wheel mark. To get an even spacing a
lg marker must be used or the tongue of the drill run to stakes set
)f 521//g inches from the last wheel mark. Where an 8-disk, 8-inch
LL drill is used, the second and sixth cups, 11u1nber111g from the left -
a _ side of the drill, are left open. With a right—hand turn, let the
FG right wheel follow the second drill mark made by tl1e previous _
.a_ passage of the drill. When a left-hand turn is made let the left
be wheel follow the last wheel mark. This will make rows 32
In inches apart. h
ylg A grain drill is the best implement for sowing soybeans for
lm Q the soil is not packed over the seed. Corn planters with special
ysr, plates o1· a one-horse corn drill may be used. ‘
les The Station has several years’ idata 011 yield of seed from
>m 28 and 35-inch planting. Also three years’ results from soy-
m-   beans drilled solid, all of which are given in the folowing tables: ’
Table 3.—Yields of Soybeans ln 28 and 35—lnch Rows.
Bushels Per Acre.
Ng Year Variety 28-inch Rows 35-inch Rows '
by 1910 Ito San 11.7 11.6
I _ 1911 Ito San 7.3 7.6
L15 1912 Haberlandt 21.3 18.9 `
thc l1915 Peking 25.7 20.6
1916 Peking 18.6 17.7
the 1916 Haberlandt 22.4 19.1
vcd 1917 Lexington 14.3 12.1
hat p Average 17.3 15.4
dtli Table 4.-——Yie|ds of Soybeans Drilled Solid Compared to 35-inch Rows
the for Same Years.
0WS Bushels Per Acre.
the . Year Variety Drilled Solid 35-inch Rows
1914 Peking 17.3 17.0
dud 1914 Haberianat 17.2 18.3
ling 1915 Peking 20.4 20.6
Heh 1916 Peking 21.3 17.7
side j _ _ \ 19.1 18.4
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