22 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
SOY BEANS 
Soy Beans and Corn for Silage 
Protein feeds — such as Cotton Seed Meal, Bran, etc., 
have become so expensive and hard to procure, that 
stock-feeding farmers have had to look to other sources 
for their supply of protein. Fortunately, they have found 
a cheap and a good substitute. This is Soy Beans. Rich 
in protein, easy to start and to grow, this crop is econom- 
ically taking the place of the high-priced feeds. 
Rich soil is not required to grow Soy Beans — every 
farm can produce them. As a means of enriching run- 
down farms quickly, the Soy Bean, and its close relation, 
the Cow Pea, cannot be matched. This Soy Bean is a 
legimie plant— can be grown on poor land — land that is 
too poor to grow Clover or Alfalfa. Soy Beans gather 
nitrogen at the roots, and thus increase the fertility of 
the soil. 
The farmer who produces beef, pork, mutton, milk, 
will eventually grow Soy Beans. The quicker he begins 
to grow them, the less he will lose by his delay in getting 
started. We have not the space to bring out in full the 
possibilities of Soy Beans, so quote brief facts below : 
Our Stocks of Soy Beans include the very 
best varieties — all of them grown in the North (except- 
ing the Mammoth Yellows which will not mature here- 
abouts — they were grown in North Carolina). We don't 
list a lot of new sorts. Really, many of the new sorts 
offered are only the old kinds renamed. Our stocks are 
all pure, clean, and of strong vigorous germination. Let 
us supply the Soy Beans you will plant this summer — 
and you will be pleased with results from them. 
Add Soy Beans to your Silage. One part Soy Bean growth to four parts Corn will 
make of your Silage a perfect ration. The Soy Bean Plant will supply the Protein 
that the Corn lacks. You can grow the Soy Beans right in the same row as the Silage 
Corn, or plant the Soys separately. 
FACTS ABOUT SOY BEANS 
Soy Beans have a higher protein content than oil meal, pound for pound. 
You can grow 20 to 30 bushels Soy Beans per acre on poor ground. 
One bushel Soy Beans contains as much digestible protein and as much digestible fat as six bushels of 
oats, or four bushels of corn meal, or six bushels corn and cob meal. 
Ground Soy Beans are greedily eaten by all stock, are easily digested, have a tonic effect whether fed 
by itself or mixed with other feed. 
Soy Bean hay cut before beans have ripened is g-eater in value of protein and fats than Alfalfa hay. 
Soy Bean straw and hulls, from which the ripe beans have been threshed, is equal in value of protein 
and fat content to Clover hay. Fed to cows will cause an increase flow of milk. 
Soy Bean will make two to four tons of hay per acre. 
Soy Beans cut green and packed with corn for silage — 1 part Soys to 3 parts Corn, will make a perfect 
ration of much more value than corn silage alone. 
A handful Soys fed to horses each meal will keep hair and hide in perfect condition. 
Colts, sheep and stock can be wintered on Soy Bean hay alone. 
The unthreshed vines fed to hens will bring about early and sustained winter egg production. 
Corn and Soys grown together can be hogged down with convenience and profit. 
An acre of Soys will produce as much meat as two acres of corn. 
Soys can be grown on land too poor and too acid to produce Clover. 
Soys are a legume and gather nitrogen from the air. Your soil will improve while producing crops of 
valuable feed. There is nothing better to plow under f^r rapid soil enrichment. 
Planted in corn. Soys will aid the corn crop rather than curtail it. The nitrogen gathered by the Soys 
becomes available to the corn. 
Wheat following Soys yields 20 to 50 per cent, better than when it follows oats. 
Read "How to Grow Soy Beans" — also Varieties. Next two pages. 
