20 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 181 



County Agent Sweeton, of Windham County, Vermont, asserts 

 that the soy bean acreage in his county increased from 15 acres 

 in 1915 to 240 acres in 1916, in conjunction with corn silage. 



SUMMARY. 



The soy bean is a new crop which may be utilized by the 

 farmers of our state. 



Soy beans are easier to grow than field beans because they 

 are not attacked by any serious diseases. 



Soy beans are legumes and are rich in nitrogen and protein. 



It will pay to inoculate for soy beans when growing them for 

 the first time on any soil. 



Soy beans fit into the crop rotation when red clover fails or as 

 a supplementary silage crop. 



Any soil that will grow corn will produce soy beans; soils that 

 are too sandy to produce corn will grow good yields of this crop. 



Soy beans for silage are planted in rows and cultivated as 

 corn. If conditions are favorable they may be seeded in the 

 same rows with corn. 



For hay they should be drilled solid, unless a fine stemmed 

 variety is used, when they may be drilled in rows as for silage. 



Soy beans may be harvested for silage any time after the pods 

 form and before the leaves fall. 



For hay they should be harvested when the pods are forming. 

 They should be handled carefully when cut for hay, in order that 

 all the leaves will be preserved. 



Soy beans should be mixed with corn in the silo, one ton 

 of the beans to two or three tons of corn. 



Silage made from mixed corn and soy beans is a much better 

 feed than corn silage and less grain need be fed where it is used. 



Soy bean hay is as valuable for feeding dairy cows as alfalfa. 



There are a number of varieties of soy beans which will prove 

 satisfactory for New Hampshire conditions. 



The soy bean improves the soil; can be grown for seed; can 

 be used as a human food; and is an excellent crop for green 

 manuring. 



The soy bean will probably assume its maximum importance 

 in New Hampshire as a crop to supplement corn in the silo. 



The author desires to express his appreciation to B. E. Curry, 

 Experiment Station Chemist, under whose direction the chemical 

 analyses herein reported were made. 



Names of growers and seed dealers who handle the different 

 soy bean varieties can be obtained by writing to the New Hamp- 

 shire Agricultural Experiment Station. 



