24 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
" Ito San." This is a yellow bean. The 
earliest variety on our list. Matures nicely in 
Lancaster County in 85 to 88 days. This sort 
will produce a hay of fine texture — probably 
not as great a quantity of hay as some of the 
slightly later kinds. Yields heavily of beans. 
Will mature in the high altitudes of Pennsyl- 
vania, and in the States of New York and 
Michigan. After the Ito San crop of beans 
has been threshed, the straw will be equal to 
Clover hay in feeding value. If you require an 
early sort, you can depend on Ito San variety 
as a dependable cropper. See Price List. 
"Medium Brown" known also as "Ohio 
No. 9035." This is becoming a favorite variety 
among many more northernly sections. Our 
section of Pennsylvania matures them very 
nicely. This Medium Brown is a very prolific 
producer of beans — also valuable as a forage 
variety. You will do well to select the Me- 
dium Brown variety, for it is a worthy yielder 
both of beans and forage, and an excellent sort 
to mix with your silage. See Price List. 
"Early Brown." This is an early sort, suitable for late planting. It is a double-purpose sort, 
producing fine top growth and an abundance of beans. Will do well as a catch crop. Can mature 
beans quite to the North when allowed full season there. If planted early in Pennsylvania or Ohio 
or New Jersey it can be removed in time to grow wheat. See Price List. 
" Medium Green." This is another double-purpose Soy for the North. If planted early, beans 
will mature well to the north of our State. The old Medium Green Soys showed a tendency to shatter 
badly, but by careful selection this fault has been overcome in the strain of this variety we offer you. 
Medium Green has excellent qualities a a good all-around variety, and is especially well liked for its 
use as a forage producer. See Price List. 
" Msunmoth Yellow." This variety will not mature beans in sections north of Virginia. It is 
grown very largely in the South, where unusually heavy crops of beans are yielded. It may be grown 
on soil so barren that other crops will die for want of fertility. " Mammoth Yellows " make a very tall 
growth — coarser in its texture than the other sorts here offered. This makes them valuable for North 
ern culture to plant with corn for silage or to plant expressly to plow under for soil improvement. See 
Price List. 
" Mixed Soy Beans." We are sometimes able to buy small lots of Soy Beans that do not run 
strictly pure as to variety. These are then blended and made into our " Mixed Soy Beans." For plant- 
ing as a cover crop to turn under, these mixed soys will serve you very well. Will also save you a 
little money in regard to cost of the seed. They are of first-class quality — just as strong in germina- 
tion as any of the straight varieties. See Price List. 
HOW TO GROW SOY BEANS 
Growing Soys needs little more attention than growing the old standard crops, and is not nearly as 
difficult to grow as Alfalfa. We give the following directions: 
1. PREPARE YOUR SOIL WELL— just as you should for corn. Try to kill the weeds— 
especially if you are going to broadcast instead of plant in rows. Frequent cultivation in advance of 
planting season will accomplish weed killing. 
2. DON'T PLANT TOO EARLY. The soil must be warm. A week or ten days after ideal 
conditions for corn is usually the safe time. Soys will rot in cold, wet soil, but will grow quick- 
ly in a warm seed bed. Planting Soys is permissible until early July, other conditions being favorable. 
3. DON'T PLANT DEEP. V/i inches is nearer right than any other depth. One inch may 
do and two inches does not mean failure. 
4. INOCULATION. To get the full benefit from growing Soy Beans you must inoculate the 
seed. The gathering of nitrogen from the air by the roots will not take place unless you supply the 
germ to start the action. Soil from another Soy Bean field may be used. It is, however, most cer- 
Field of Wilson Black Soy Beans 
