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If seeded alone for silage, the beans may be cut with a mower 

 ■or scythe, hauled in and mixed with the corn as it goes into the 

 silo. If grown with the corn it is best to use a corn binder for 

 harvesting as the beans will then be bound in the bundles with 

 the corn and thus be satisfactorily mixed. 



If cut for hay the beans may be cut with a mower either in 

 the morning or late in the afternoon. They should be raked 

 up by hand before entirely cured so that no leaves will be lost. 

 They may be put into small cocks and turned carefully until 

 €ured if the weather is fair. If the weather is rainy or unfavorable 

 they may be placed in large cocks, covered with a canvas hay 

 <;ap and left for several days. Soy bean hay is very palatable and 

 highly nutritious and should be cured and handled properly. 



SOY BEAN YIELDS. 



From a study of the yield data herein recorded it will be 

 observed that an abundance of green soy bean forage can be 

 produced per acre, an amount equivalent to over 2 tons of legume 

 hay. The average protein content per acre is equivalent to that 

 produced in 3 tons of red clover hay; that in the best varieties 

 to almost 4 tons. The highest green weight per acre recorded 

 is slightly over 10 tons, with an average for 16 varieties of over 

 8 tons. The highest yield of dry weight per acre is slightly over 

 2.6 tons, with an average of 2.15 tons. While this is not as 

 much green material or dry weight as cau be produced in corn, 

 it is nevertheless higher in nutritive value, ton for ton. The 

 following table shows the analyses of corn varieties grown in 

 variety tests by the county agents during 1915 and the anal- 

 yses of five of the leading varieties of soy beans grown here in 

 1916, 



