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Soja or Soy Bean 



This valuable le.minic is attracting more 

 attention every year. Soja Beans is an ideal 

 crop for turning under green to improve 

 worn out soils and it fertilizes the soil whore 

 grown like clover will. 



It is also valuable for hay or pasture for 

 all kinds of stock. W'iU mature in all parts 

 of the corn belt, sometimes growing 4 ft. 

 high, heavily podded with seed, yielding 20 

 to 30 bushels per acre. The ground beans 

 ire equal to Oil Meal or Cotton Seed Meal 

 in feeding value. The hay is best to feed 

 in conjunction with corn fodder to reduce 

 its excess of protein. It should be cut for 

 hay before the stems become vi^oody. Seed 

 can be planted after corn planting time; can 

 be sown broadcast at the rate of bu. per 

 acre or in drills 30 inches apart. 



The Soy Bean in corn for hogging down 

 is rapidly increasing in popularity. For hay they have a distinct place in the West as a 

 catch legume hay crop to be used when clover seeding fails. 



For seed Soy Beans appear to be a profitable crop, yields from fifteen to twenty-five 

 bushels per acre. 



Many farmers use the following valuable method for the Soy Bean in the corn belt, 

 if to be cut up for the silo, or hogging down, to plant three beans in each hill of corn, 

 either mixed with the seed corn before planting, or planted with a separate attachment 

 which most corn planters now furnish. 



A three-beans-per-hill rate requires from three to five pounds of seed per acre, de- 

 pending on the size of bean, as the varieties differ. Thicker seeding is not advisable 

 as it may damage the crop of corn. In this way you get a double crop from the land 

 and the beans act as a good fertilizer to the soil. 



ITO SAN. This variety is one of the best for the northern section of the country. 

 It grows erect from twenty-five to thirty inches high. INIatures in about 100 days. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 65 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, pk. $2.00, bu. $8.00. 



MEDIUM YELLOW. Similar to the above but is larger, yields heavier crop, and 

 matures a little later. The popular variety for the central corn belt. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, pk. $2.00, bu. $7.50. 



BLACK EYEBROW. An early variety well recommended by Ames College as a 

 heavy yielder. Per pkt. 5 cts., lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, 

 pk. $2.00, bu. $8.00. 



If stocks of any variety should become exhausted, will fill order with next best variety 

 we have on hand. Prices subject to change. 



