Soy Beans 



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fodder. By themselves, the soy beans make a strong-smelling 

 silage, which is subject to putrefactive changes, as is the silage 

 made from clover or alfalfa. Experience has shown that it is 

 better to have the soy beans diluted with a more carbonaceous 

 fodder, and corn is the one most easily grown to maturity at the 

 same time as the soy beans. The beans should be podded but not 

 ripe when ensiled. It has been found that the Medium Green 

 variety is the one best suited to this practice in New York. It 

 reaches maturity with the most popular varieties of com and 

 retains its abundant foliage longer after pods are filled than many 

 other kinds. 



Fig. 687. — Medium Green Soy Beans Planted in Hills of Yellow 

 Dent. Corn on a Farm in the Hills of Broome County, N. Y. This 

 Growth was Secured in the Very Dry Season of 1913. 



Of course, the devotion of part of the com ground to soy beans 

 will mean a reduction of the tonnage of fodder harvested, but the 

 advantage is in the improved quality of the silage and the con- 

 sequent saving of purchased grain while feeding it. The com- 

 bination of soy beans and corn is therefore recommended for the 

 farms where it is usually possible to grow a heavy yield of silage 



