42 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q. What's the name, please? 



A. The New Era. 



Q. I have tried the black eye. 



A. It is not as early as the new pea, and it makes(ai good deal more 

 vine. 



Q. Did you ever have a. fail ure with Soybeans? 



A. Not a failure in five years that I have been growing it. This has 

 been the hardest season and then it was a better crop than corn. The 

 corn was not nearly as good as this. 



Q. "Give us the particulars and how many bushels per acre. 



A. I could not say from the way I cut it this year. I don't believe 

 there were over 15 bushels to the acre. But you take an acre, if you get 

 rows like this (showing ear), you would get nearer 40 bushels or more. 



Q. What kind of soil? 



A. j. he stronger the soil the the better. 



Q. Does that require any mo wing? 



A. No; cut it with a machine. 



Q. No hoeing? 



A. <No; a two-horse cultivator, the same as I use for corn. Masses 

 it up so as to cultivate it. 



Q. For hay or for seed? 



A. I don't take any chances on these plants; to cultivate this is a 

 benefit to the soil. 



Q. When is the proper time to plant it? 



A. First of May to last of June cow peas; last of May to first of Au- 

 gust. 



Q. That's down in Egypt? 



A. Yes, sir; but/you can take dwarf and plant it in corn time, May 

 to June. Plant dwarf at about first of June and it will mature in 60 days, 

 and this green variety will mature in two or three days later, probably a 

 week later. 



I think it will be a good idea to experiment with it. If you can get it 

 to grow here in northern Illinois, you can beat your corn crop. 



