Soy Beans for Hay and Silage 
I have read with a great deal of in¬ 
terest an article on “Soy Beane for Hay 
and Silage.” In this article the author 
does not advise the growing of Soy beans 
with corn for silage. I beg to differ on 
the substantial grounds of two years’ 
very successful experience with Soy beans 
and corn grown together for ensiling, this 
accomplished here in Berkshire County, 
Mass., where_the growing season is very 
short, only 87 days between killing frosts 
in the season just passed. 
A brief sketch of our 1017 crop will be 
found in the Berkshire Farmers’ Bulletin. 
Our crop for 1018 was in every way con¬ 
siderably better than that of 1917. in 
that both corn and beans were more fully 
matured. Corn at time of ensiling was 
in advanced roasting to glazing stage, and 
many of the Soy beans were sufficiently 
matured to germinate. It would be pos¬ 
sible, I think, for us to grow our own 
bean seed if we planted them separately. 
Medium Green seems to be the only 
variety at all suitable for our conditions. 
One or two other varieties tried the past 
season failed to develop any beyond the 
blossom stage. While definite figures are 
lacking to show the increased feeding 
value of silage containing Soy beans. I be¬ 
lieve them to add very substantially to 
the silage, so much so that we are coming 
to consider them a very essential part of 
the crop grown for ensiling. 
s. Waldo bailey. 
The experience given is as follows: 
“Soy beans were grown with the corn, 
by us last season, as an experiment to in¬ 
crease the feeding value of silage. Tliev 
were mixed with the corn, in about the 
proportion of three quarts of beans. Me¬ 
dium Green variety being used, to five 
quarts of corn and sown with a horse 
planter in the usual way. A slightly 
:arger gauge in the planter was used thaii 
when corn alone is planted, and also to 
facilitate the more uniform dropping of 
the coin, which had been tarred to pro¬ 
tect it from crows. 
"The beans appeared above ground 
from one to three days before the corn 
and for a brief time kept ahead of it in 
growth. With the better weather condi¬ 
tions prevailing during late June and 
early July, corn came into its own, how¬ 
ever. and kept well above the beans 
throughout the remainder of the season 
The beans, though rather shaded by tin' 
corn during the last two months of 
growth, were not apparently seriouslv 
checked by this condition and by early 
September were well .podded with nearly 
mature beans. 
‘‘ Tbe vines attained a height of from 
~n. «*et on the low. heavier, poorly 
drained and indifferently fertilized por¬ 
tions of the field to four feet on the mel¬ 
lower and better fertilized soil. At no 
time during the season did their rank 
growth interfere with cultivation. Earlv 
in the season a two-row cultivator was 
frequently used, and as the crop became 
too high for this, a one-horse machine did 
the work successfully. Cultivation con¬ 
tinued up to about August 15th. when a 
cover crop of rye, rape and Red clover 
was sown and worked with a spike-tooth 
cultivator. This crop, notwithstanding 
the heavy shade, made a very good start 
before the corn was harvested. 
‘‘. At time of cutting, September 
,th< the beans stood in upright shape 
between the stalks of corn and occupied 
but little more space between the rows 
than corn usually does. Considerable 
doubt has been expressed as to whether 
a harvester could cut the two crops with¬ 
out troublesome clogging. While we cut 
our crop by the slower hand process, 
other conditions determining this course. 
I can see no reason why a good harvester 
in pioper working condition should not 
cut without any serious difficulty the two 
crops. If from storm or wind the beans 
should become bent or broken over be¬ 
tween the rows, then conditions would be 
such as likely to give some trouble. 
“Tn filling thp silo, if the cutter is of a 
size and capacity to take whole bundles, 
no extra work is required. In case the 
cutter is a small sized one. where bundles 
must be broken or worked apart some¬ 
what, then an increase in man power is 
called for, as the entangling bean vines 
make this work slightly more difficult. 
*A\ ith silage composed of well-matured 
corn and beans fed with Alfalfa hay. 
clover hay or oats and peas. I believe the 
grain problem can be reduced to its low¬ 
est terms or pretty nearly eliminated. 
•Who following ration, varied slightly 
to suit the needs of individual cows, is 
yielding us good results: 
35 lbs. corn and Soy bean silage. 
and pea hav. 
hay. 
meal. 
1 :5.7. 
“No special fertilization other than that 
to insure a good corn crop appears to be 
necessary to grow the Soy bean. Out¬ 
fields were given about eight cords of 
stable manure per acre. On a-part of 
them this was applied after plowing, and 
then well worked in with a disk harrow. 
On the remainder the manure was 
turned under. There was no noticeable 
difference in the crop in the two ways of 
treatment. At the time of seeding 200 
pounds per acre of a mixture composed 
by weight of one part nitrate of soda to 
four parts acid phosphate was drilled in 
with the planter. This last given to in¬ 
sure a good start because the fields were 
in a rundown condition, not having been 
plowed or fertilized for a considerable 
term of y,ears.” s. waldo bailey. 
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