伊盟鄂托克旗山药的习惯种法是隔犁耕种,一般行距为一尺四、五,株距七、八寸,种后耱平刮畦。1977年巴彦淖公社水泉子大队改变了这种做法,采用宽窄行种植沟灌法,获得了丰收,全大队山药平均亩产达到3,500斤,创该队山药产量最高记录。1978年继续采用此法种植又获丰收,其中有5.7亩 The customary planting method of Yitong Etuokeqi yam is plow cultivation. The general spacing is one foot four, five, and the spacing is seven or eight inches. In 1977, the Baishui Township Commune Shuizuizi Brigade changed this practice by adopting a wide-width row planting and furrow irrigation method and obtained a bumper harvest. The entire group’s yam average yield reached 3,500 kg, creating the highest record for the team’s yam production. In 1978 continue to use this method of planting and bumper harvest, of which 5.7 acres