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com and sowed on one acre with a grain drill. The soil was low-land 

 gravel soil with gravel subsoil. The beans grew about 3^ feet high, very 

 liixtiriant, and were filling nicely when the frost came. * * * j gQ^ 

 as much com as I would had the beans not been there, so of whatever 

 value the beans ma}^ be I consider it clear gain." 



The proprietors of a farm near Hamilton, N. Y., write: " Our method 

 is to plant the com in hills rowed both ways 40 inches apart and planted 

 with a check row planter having phosphate attachment. Then with a 

 stab planter put about 5 beans in each hill, cultivating the same as though 

 the beans were not there. * * * q^^j. ^^^ jg D^mkirk gravelly loam. 

 Our yield is about 15 tons per acre. * * * -^g would not know how 

 to get along without ensilage but as we have planted soy beans ever since 

 we built a silo we are not prepared to make a statement on the relative 

 value of corn silage with and without soy beans." 



DESIRABILITY OF FURTHER EXPERIMENTS 



In order to introduce soy beans to localities where conditions are favor- 

 able for their growth, and to further demonstrate their value as a supple- 

 mentary ensilage crop, we desire to continue the cooperative experiments. 

 We hope to conduct these experiments in such a way that the value of 

 soy beans mixed with com, or grown alone for green forage or for seed 

 production, will be thoroughly tested. Persons who are interested in 

 growing forage with a higher protein content should write to us asking 

 for detailed instructions about these experiments. Since the seed of the 

 Medium Green variety is scarce and the price relatively high, there seems 

 to be an opportunity for profitable seed production at the present time 



