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Well Inoculated Plants — Nodules 

 Growing Even On the Shaded 

 Svuface of the Soil 



Thk Sov Rkan As a 

 Soil Imphoving Crop 



The importance of 

 the soy Ijean as a 

 nitrogen gatherer and 

 a soil iniprovenienl 

 cro}) is scarcely less 

 than that of tlie cow- 

 pea. Even when the 

 crop is harvested for 

 hay or seed, t h e 

 amount of nitrogen 

 in the soil is not re- 

 (hiced, as in the case 

 of a corn crop, but is 

 considerably increas- 

 ed. It leaves the land 

 in a splendid physi- 

 cal condition for any 

 following crop. 



The value of the 

 soy bean crop toward 

 maintaining soil fer- 

 tility is increased 

 when it is harvested 

 ])y stock or when it 

 is fed and the manure 

 returned to the land. 

 The easy method of 

 harvesting by pastur- 

 ing and the increased 

 fertility of the land 

 should not be over- 

 looked bv farmers. 



