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the feed lot or barn on a low wagon. It is useless 

 to attempt to handle them with a fork. 



SOY BEANS. — Like the cowpea, the soy bean 

 wants warm weather in which to grow, and it oc- 



THE SOY BEAN 



It Is a native of China and Japan. It is an 

 erect annual, with branching stems and heavy 

 forage much like the common field bean In ap- 

 pearance. The plant stands dry seasons ex- 

 tremely well and its domain is gradually being 

 enlarged. 



cupies about the same time in coming into matur- 

 ity. The small dwarf varieties will mature in 90 

 days or less from the date of planting, but the time 

 required for the larger sorts is from 120 to 140 

 days. The uses of the soy bean are somewhat 

 similar to those of the cowpea. It may be grown to 

 furnish grazing for cattle, sheep or swine, but in 

 providing food for swine it has highest adaptation, 

 although when thus grown and harvested by the 



