It. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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SOY OR SOJA BEANS 
Soja Beans grow splendidly anywhere in the South; are equal to if not superior to 
the cowpeas as a soil improver; when sown in rows and cultivated, make heavier 
yields per acre and are superior to the cowpeas in feeding value. They are most 
nutritious and contain more fattening qualities than any other crop. Soy Beans 
make a good pasture for all kinds of stock, perhaps the most profitable being for 
hogs, supplementing the grain ration. This is especially desirable when ha*rvesting 
is held up by bad weather, lack of labor, and when the crop is grown for soil im- 
provement. Soy beans can be included in many crop rotation plans, their cash value 
encouraging the growing of the beans as one of the main crops. They make a well 
balanced ration with crops such as cowpeas and Sudan grass ; they make a large 
yield and fine forage for all kinds of stock. The large yield of seed, the ease of har- 
vesting it and the increasing demands for Soy Beans for food and for the produc- 
tion of oil and meal by cottonseed oil mills make Soy Beans a worth-while crop 
to grow. Mixed with corn, the Soy Bean is excellent for ensilage and from 1 to 
4 tons of hay are made per acre. Sow at the time you would plant corn. Broadcast, 
like cowpeas, at rate of 60 to 90 pounds per acre or in drills SV 2 to 4 feet apart at 
rate of 30 pounds per acre. When the pods are well formed is time to cut the crop 
for hay ; for the beans jmu should wait until the beans are mature. 
Mammoth Yellow Soja Beans ftTe 
/||fk Mammoth Yellow is the best, the strongest grower and heaviest yielder 
^llUi WUUy in South. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 25c; 2 pounds, 45c; postpaid. 
Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, about 7e per pound. Write for quantity prices. 
0-Too-Tan Soja Beans(No. 601 ) 
might call a world beater as a soil improver and hay crop. We have watched this 
wonderful new crop on the Hastings’ Plantation with great interest. It’s a wonder 
for putting on nitrogen nodules, from the time the second pair of leaves is formed 
until frost, and the root system full of nodules or soil bacteria will make a mat or 
net-work through the middles of the rows as Avell as in the rows to enrich your land. 
The heavy leaf growth is equal in feeding value to the best grade alfalfa and all 
kinds of stock are very fond of it. 
It has made six tons of dry hay per acre in three-foot rows, dropping seed 8 to 10 
inches apart. For a bean crop, drop seeds 10 to 12 inches apart in rows, where it 
makes 20 to 40 bushels per acre. For growing in corn jmu will be surprised at its 
great value. It is of bush form and will not climb the corn; in fact it helps the 
corn and improves your land as well. Planted carefully, 3 pounds of seed will plant 
an acre in corn; use 5 to 6 pounds per acre in 3-foot rows. Postpaid, 60 cents per 
pound. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), .'*54.00; 60 pounds (bushel), .$15.00; 5 
bushels or over, $14.00 per bushel. 
Biloxi Soja Beans 
(NOi 602) anew 
Mammoth Yellow Soja Beans on Hastings’ Farm 
Chufas or Earth Almonds for Hogs 
Soja Bean of very 
rank growth, a heavy' yielder of 
grain and not easily' shattered 
in harvesting. For grazing, for 
hogging down with corn and 
for soiling it is unexcelled. This 
legume grows on any type of 
soil in the Cotton Belt, grows 
normally 5 to 6 feet high and 
its roots are a mass of nitro- 
gen nodules, many of them as large as marbles. Beans are slightly larger than 
Mammoth Yellows and run higher in protein and oil content than either 0-Too-Tans 
or Mammoth Yellows, with velvet beans and cowpeas simply' out of the running. It 
is a bean for forage or to plant with corn or sorghum for silage. It is a great orchard 
cover crop, the bean for the oil mill and a splendid soil builder. Postpaid, 50 cents 
per pound. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.), $3.25; 60 lbs. (bu.), $12.00; 5 bu. or over, 
$11.00 per bushel. 
CHUFAS OR EARTH ALMONDS (No. 617) 
It’s amazing how few people actually know how valuable Chufas are as a crop to 
plant for fattening hogs. With the increasing interest in hogs in the South we expect 
to see tens of thousands of acres of Chufas planted each year. We have known expe- 
rienced hog raisers to pay as high as .$20.00 per bushel for Chufa seed in seasons of 
great scarcity, so as to be sure and have a Chufa patch as a hog-fattening crop. 
The Chufa is a species of ground nut, most easily grown, and which ought to be on 
every Southern farm every y’ear as a hog-fattening crop. Can be planted from April 
to June; cultivation the same as for bunch peanuts. The crop is usually matured by 
September 15, and can be left in the ground until time to turn the hogs in, the hogs 
doing the harvesting. 
Chufas are highly recommended by' the Experiment Stations of Alabama, Florida, 
Arkansas and Louisiana. We know of no crop that will produce as heavy crops in 
proportion to the quality' of land as Chufas, some reports of yield being almost in- 
credible, ranging from 200 to 1000 bushels per acre. Any' land suitable for cotton, 
corn, potatoes or peanuts will make profitable crops of Chufas. 
At the Arkansas Experiment Station one-third of an acre of Chufas supported three 
hogs, averaging 122 pounds each, for 46 days. The gain during the 46 days averaged 
66 pounds per hog. In this test Chufas proved practically as good as dry corn for 
fattening purposes. In the Alabama Station test the y’ield of Chufas was 172 bushels 
per acre. Chickens and turkey's as well as hogs are very fond of them.^ 
Make rows 214 to 3 feet apart, dropping seed about one foot apart in the row, and 
covering about 2 inches. Chufas require from 1 to 114 pecks per acre. We advise early 
orders, for almost every year we have to refuse late-in-the-season orders. Packet, 10 
cents; pound, 35 cents; postpaid. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Full result of the Chufa crop is seldom know’n until very late in the season as it is a 
slow crop to harvest, clean and thoroughly dry for seed purposes. Prices will be 
about $1.75 a peck; $6.00 a bushel. 
