72 



ularity during the last five years. It is almost as efficient a 

 soil builder as clover and is a splendid crop for hay. The 

 seed sells for two and three dollars per bushel and the yield 

 is from eight to twenty bushels per acre. On our own farms 

 we are growing soy beans on -the ground that formerly went 

 in oats. 



As stated in the chapter on rotation, soy beans will, one 

 year with another, grow as big a money crop as oats besides 

 building up the land instead of running it down. During the 



HARVESTING SOY BEANS 



last two years, we have grown one hundred and twenty acres 

 of soy beans and just enough oats to feed our horses. The 

 seed was threshed by the ordinary grain separator although 

 a regular pea or bean huller would be more satisfactory. 

 Our yields have averaged about ten bushels per acre and the 

 surplus seed sold at $2.50 and $3.00 per bushel. 



When the grain separator is used the concave teeth should 

 all be removed and the speed of the machine reduced to about 

 one-half of that ordinarily used in threshing grain. The tail 



