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Light Seeded Mixtures of Soy Beans and Cowpeas 



Soy beans planted broadcast at the rate of 64 pounds 

 per acre gave an average yield of 1252 poinids of cured 

 hay and Iron cowi)eas seeded at the same rate and 

 manner gave an average yield of 2546 pounds per 

 acre, or an increase of 1602 pounds. When 48 pounds 

 of Mammoth Yellow soy beans were mixed with the 

 same weight of Iron cowpeas and sowed broadcast, 

 the average yield of cured hay w^as 2868 pounds per 

 acre — an increase of 1616 pounds over the yield from 

 the seeding of 64 pounds of so}'^ beans alone or an 

 increase of 322 i)ounds over the yield from the seeding 

 of 64 pounds of Iron cowpeas. 



