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HOW TO GROW SOY BEANS (Continued) 
tain and more economical to use commercial inoculation for the purpose. We believe "Farmogerm" 
to be the best inoculation in the market and we highly recommend it. See page 4. "Farmogerm" is 
applied right to the seed before it is planted. It takes only a few minutes and the process is simple. 
The nitrogen gathered from the air and deposited in the soil in excess of the plant's requirement is 
worth every bit of expense connected with growing Soy Beans, so that the top growth of hay and 
beans with their high percentage of protein is clear profit. 
5. PLANT EITHER IN ROWS OR BROADCAST. If you broadcast by hand and work in 
with a harrow, lyi bushels are required. If drilled in with a drill with all holes open, l]4 bushels are 
sufficient. You rnust be sure to kill weeds ahead of planting time if you Ijroadcast. As a rule, 
planting in rows is preferable, whether you want to grow the beans or produce hay, green fodder, 
silage, or if you want to turn under for soil improvement. Planting in rows saves seed and permits 
cultivation. You will have to cultivate as often as you do corn. Plantings are made with rows 20 
to 36 inches apart and two to three inches apart on the row. Twenty 
to thirty pounds per acre needed by this method, depending upon 
exact width of rows apart and upon size of variety of Soy. The most 
successful Soy men we know grow in rows as close as twenty inches 
apart. You must plan your method of cultivation in connection with 
width of rows. 
6. HOW TO PLANT THEM. Nearly every corn planter can be 
adapted to plant Soys by getting a special disc. Grain drills, however, 
are used more frequently. A nine-hole or a twelve-hole can easily be 
adapted for rapid work by plugging two out of every three holes. 
A nine-hole drill will plant three rows at a time. A twelve-hole 
drill will plant four rows at a time. 
7. HARVESTING. To make good Soy Bean hay — cut when 
half the pods are full grown and when top leaves begin to turn 
yellow. Cut them when there is no dew. Let lie in swaths until 
leaves are wilted, but not brittle. Rake early in windrows, but let 
them thoroughly cure for several days. Then put them in small cocks 
and allow several more days. Prevent loss of leaves as far as possible. 
8. FOR BEANS. Let stand until half of the pods are dry 
and most of the leaves have fallen oft. Same may then be handled 
as advised above for hay. The old self rake is used by some for 
cutting. It gathers the stalks in convenient open bunches and per- 
mits gathering with but a slight loss from shattering. Haul to the 
barn or stack. 
9. THRESHING. This may be done by flail or by grain 
threshers. If the Soy Beans are for seed, care must be taken not to 
crack or split them. The removal of the concaves in the grain 
threshers is necessary. Special Soy Bean threshers can be bought. 
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 greater in value of protein and fats theui 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 Beans will make two to four tons of hay per acre. 
Soy Beans cut green and packed with corn for silage — 1 part Soys to 4 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 Beeui hay alone. 
The unthreshed vines fed to hens will bring about early and sustained winter egg production. 
Corn and Soys grown together can he 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 for 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 thin when it follows oats. 
Corn and Soy Bean Roots 
showing how nitrogen sacks on 
bean roots feed the corn roots. 
