48 HINTS ON RAISING FARM CROPS 
well on soils of a sandy character. A practice 
that is now coming into use is that of planting 
the soy beans with the corn. Some farmers 
have even planted the soy beans in the same 
hills with the corn, getting remarkable yields. 
Others drill it in with the corn, and put the 
mixture into the silo, thereby improving the 
feeding value of the silage materially. Soy 
beans can also be grown alone as a cultivated 
crop, and cut for either the seed or for hay. 
The seed is rich in protein and, when ground 
up, makes a fine stock feed. Some farmers 
plan to use this crop for hay, although it does 
not cure out as readily as some of the regular 
hay crops. However, when properly cured, it 
makes a fine hay. 
The soy bean plant grows up to a bushy form, 
seldom reaching over two feet in height. For 
this reason, it is sometimes difficult to har¬ 
vest it with a corn binder, when sown with 
the corn. If grown separately, it can be hauled 
to the silo at corn cutting time, usually one 
load of the soy beans to two loads of the corn 
being put in the silo. There are special soy 
bean l&arvesters now on the market to harvest 
this crop, but these have not as yet come into 
general use. Special bean threshers can be 
used to shell out the seed, or special screens 
can be inserted in the ordinary threshing ma¬ 
chine to secure the seed of this crop. 
In the growing of the crop, it should be borne 
in mind that soy beans, like all other legumin¬ 
ous crops, should first be inoculated with its 
special kind of bacteria. This is very impor¬ 
tant for best results. It can be sown broadcast, 
