A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 23 
Soy Beans 
The profits from the 
growing of Soy Beans are 
greater and come quicker 
than from any other crop, 
except Alfalfa. The far- 
mer that produces beef, 
pork, mutton, milk, will 
eventually grow Soy 
Beans. The quicker he 
liegins to grow them the 
less he will lose by his de- 
lay in getting started. As 
a means of enriching run- 
down farms quickly, the 
Soy Bean and its close 
relation, the Cow Pea, 
cannot be matched. On 
poor land, too poor to 
grow Clover or Alfalfa, 
Soy Beans and Cow Peas 
can be made to produce 
great quantities of feed 
and will increase soil fertility while doing it. Soy 
Beans and Cow Peas are immense gatherers of 
nitrogen when properly inoculated. Read para- 
graph bottom page 25 — "Facts About Soy Beans." 
Note the 
many small 
nodules at roots. 
These contain 
nitrogen thus 
providing cheap 
fertilizer to 
crops that 
follow. 
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 Soy» 
separately. This practice is becoming more popu- 
lar every year — very good results are obtained 
from it. 
OUR STOCKS OF SOY BEANS include the very best varieties— all of them grown 
in the North (except the "Mammoth Yellows " which will not mature hereabouts — they 
were grown in North Carolina). We don't list a lot of new sorts. Really, many of the 
new sorts ofYered are only the old kinds renamed. Our stocks are all pure, clean, and of 
strong vigorous germination. Let us supply those you will plant this summer — and 
you will be pleased with results from them. 
VARIETIES 
" Wilson Black." This is a very good general purpose variety. It is one of the 
best for hay and bean production and for the silo. On account of its wonderful growth 
and slender stems and branches, the "Wilson Black" variety makes the finest hay. On 
poor ground Wilson Blacks will grow four feet tall, and on fertile ground they will get 
as tall as six feet. We think Wilsons will make a little more hay and hay of a little 
better quality than other Varieties. This variety is early enough to mature beans in 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and States to the South. The Wilsons will do well on 
poor soils. We would give it good soil to produce forage— poor soil to produce beans. 
The Wilson is medium size, jet-black bean. Will easily yield 20 bu. beans per acre- 
yields above 30 bu. per acre have been secured. Beginners not sure as to the variety 
they should start with, will do well to choose on the Wilson Blacks. It is a great vari- 
ety for hay, forage, soiling, silage, and green manuring. See Price List. 
