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as one can find by consulting bulletins of the Kansas, 

 Oklahoma and Ohio stations. The crop may be fed off 

 by cattle on the ground, followed by pigs to glean the 

 fallen beans, and thus remarkable gains have been shown. 

 The Tennessee and Alabama stations have published valu- 

 able bulletins detailing work in this line. Soybeans may 

 be cut for hay and results from feeding the hay show that 

 it is about as good as alfalfa. When cut for hay the 



A Field of Soy Beans in Tennessee. 



best varieties are the Mammoth and Ito San. For hay 

 soybeans should be cut when part of the seed is formed, 

 but before the pods ripen. Nothing will make more 

 or better growth \vith lambs than soybeans fed in con- 

 nection with other grains. The composition of soybeans 

 is such that it has a very high feeding value. Its pro- 

 tein content is about 35 per cent and its fat 20 per cent. 

 There is no starch in the soybean. In Japan an arti- 

 ficial milk is said to be made from the beans, and they 



