Il8 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. 



should be cut at an early stage of maturity and cured 

 for winter feeding. AA'hen thus fed it makes in 

 itself almost a perfectly balanced ration for some 

 kinds of feeding. It is particularly excellent for 

 cows in milk and for sheep. When thus fed, the 

 crop may be conveniently harvested with the 

 pea harvester which will do the work of cutting 

 almost as cjuickly as though it were a hay crop. 

 But when the crop is well supported by some 

 other grain growing along with it, the binder 

 may be made to harvest the same with manifest 

 advantage. 



THE SOY BEAN. 



The soy bean (Glycine hispida) has only been 

 tested in this country during recent years. Its 

 growth has been confined to comparatively limited 

 areas, hence but a relatively small number of the 

 agriculturists of the country ha\'e any knowledge of 

 the plant, based upon practical experience. The fol- 

 lowing facts, however, have been fairly well estab- 

 lished in regard to the soy bean : 



I. It is not adapted to a climate in which the 



temperature is low in summer, or in which the season 



of growth is short. 2. It is able to gather the food 



of sustenance in relatively poor land, although it will 



of course give better returns from rich land. 3. It 



can withstand drouth and excessive wetness in the 



soil better than many other plants grown as food for 



live stock. 4. The flowers are not much liable to 



injury at the critical period, mving to peculiarities 



of structural development, hence they are more 



sure of fruiting than those of manv other food plants 

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