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now are using Iowa Gold Mine. I row the corn both ways and after 

 planting the com go over the ground and plant the beans in the same 

 hill with a jab planter. So far we have only used it on part of our field. 

 * * * Our soil is a clayey loam with a clayey subsoil. The beans 

 will grow equally well on a gravelly soil. We fit the land for corn with 

 stable manure and when planting the corn use a little phosphate, then 

 jab the beans in the same hill. 



" The beans serve a fourfold purpose. First, they smother the weeds 

 that get into the hill with the manure. Second, * * * they absorb 

 nitrogen from the air and the com gets the benefit the same year. I 

 have seen in oiir fields a difference of several inches in growth in favor 

 of the com with the beans over pure corn all through the season. Third, 

 it is of great benefit to the ensilage in the silo. * * * While I am not 

 prepared to say it is a balanced ration, it will, when properly grown, re- 

 duce the grain bill from one half to two thirds. Fourth, I get practically 

 two crops per acre and the soil left in better condition. 



" We filled our 15 x 30 silo from six acres while our neighbors required 

 nearer ten of pure corn. I firmly believe that soy beans grown with all 

 the silage com, and alfalfa for hay, will solve the feed problem for the 

 farmer to a very great extent." 



On being asked if he continued to practice growing soy beans with corn 

 for silage, a dairy farmer at Elmira wrote: 



" I certainly have continued the practice * * * ^^^^ think I 

 shall * * * as long as I keep a dairy unless I find something which 

 excels it. We raised about 20 acres of corn for silage this year and have 

 two large silos full. I have my corn and beans mixed before planting, 

 6 quarts of beans to i bushel of com. This gives a good balanced ration. 

 I find the Medium Green soy bean the most satisfactory of any of the 

 13 different varieties I have tried as they mature about even with the com. 

 We obtained a growth of from 3 to 4I feet in height. * * * 



" Before I commenced feeding my silage this fall we were feeding quite 

 heavy of brewers' grains but now have reduced them one half and the 

 cows hold their flow of milk as well as before. I never found anything 

 that equals the com and bean silage. * * * \^e never have made 

 the butter nor had our cows come out so well in the spring as they do on 

 this silage." 



One of the Millbrook, N. Y., growers of soy beans and com ensilage 

 writes : 



" We have very satisfactory results from feeding our silage mixture; 

 cows, steers, and sheep doing nicely on it. I am not sure just how much 

 more feeding value the soy beans give it. Last winter I fed ten steers 

 with silage, shredded corn stalks, and a little mixed hay. During the last 



