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A Variety of Crops on a Farm Makes Profits More Certain 
Arthur, W. Va. 
Gentlemen: Please send me samples of Alfalfa, 
Timothy and Alsike Clover. I need right smart 
seed this spring. I did get an awful good crop 
from your seed and it holds better than other 
grasses we get here. 
(Signed) Orl Vanfleet. 
VARIETIES 
LLOtV PRICED^ 
CUtEIUUY CUANED Stf D 
ILLINI 
Value of 
Soy Beans 
. This crop combines heavy produc¬ 
tion, high feeding value, and soil 
building power. It can be used for 
hay, for seed, for pasture, or simply 
as a fertilizer. And the finest thing 
about it you can grow the crop on 
very poor land. Even land that is ' 
sour will grow soy beans without 
lime. We know of thousands of acres 
of poor land that were changed from 
loss to profit acres by growing soy 
beans on them. 
They make good hay if cut while the 
beans are' well formed but before • the 
leaves begin to drop. Yield 2 to 4 tons 
of hay per acre. Feeding value is etiual 
to Alfalfa. Produces. 20 to 30 bushels 
of ripe beans per acre. You can pasture 
when 8 inches high. 
Easy to Grow 
Soy heans are easy to start. Spring 
plowed land is generally best. Work up 
a. good fine seed bed. Plant at corn 
planting time or after. Harrow a few 
times when small. Cultivate only when 
plants are dry. 
The amount to plant depends upon 
variety and purpose you want them for. 
For seed ci'op in rows 1% feet apart 
25 to 35 pounds per acre. For hay or 
pasture in rows drilled 6 to S inches 
apart 11^ to 2 bushels per acre. 
Very Popular 
One of the best 
known and most pop¬ 
ular varieties in the 
corn belt. Medium 
early (105 days). 
Holds seed well. Ex¬ 
cellent for hogging 
off with early corn. 
Classified as a seed 
type but also grown 
extensively for hay. 
Grows erect. Has 
strong stems. 
Adapted to a wide 
range of soil. A heavy 
seed producer. Color of 
beans yellow. This 
is one of the best 
all around varieties. 
A bean that you can 
depend upon as a 
most satisfactory 
kind to grow. 
A Bean of Extra Fine Quality 
This is one of the best all purpose beans. An 
excellent seed producer. Good tor hay in north¬ 
ern Illinois and points north. Matures in about' 
105 days. This is neither a big coarse or a small 
weak stemmed variety. It classifies as medium. 
Is generally known as a seed type bean. Beans 
are a light yellow color. 
There is a heavy call for this variety , as its 
valuable qualities have been proclaimed by many 
and farmers find them big money producers. We 
can recommend them highly and have a very fine 
supply of -these Illini beans. Guaranteed to 
please. See page 32 for prices. 
VIR6IN1A 
One of the Best Hay Varieties 
This variety is what is generally known , as-a hay 
type bean. Makes a larger growth of vine and pro¬ 
duces enormous crops of hay. Stems are slender, 
making it easier to cure and also giving a finer quality ' 
of hay. Will make more production on poor land 
than any bean we know of, . Seed brownish in color 
and smaller than the average. 
Takes less seed per acre. Not recommended for a 
seed crop north of central Illinois but, extra good for 
hay. Grows on a wide range of soils. Medium late 
in maturity.' 
The demand for Virginias is generally greater than 
we can supply and tlierefore advise early ordering. 
The quality we have is fine and our prices - are bar¬ 
gain prices. You will get a star value in each variety. 
See page 32. 
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BLACK 
An excellent hay 
variety. Medium late 
about 122 days. Grows 
very extensively over 
a wide area for hay. 
Plants are slender 
tending to twine at 
the tips. A big pro-, 
ducer on all soils. 
One of the best for 
poor lands. Seeds 
small, color black. 
Very nutritious. 
Good for planting 
with corn for en¬ 
silage. For a growth 
of fine hay you will 
like this kind. 
La Porte. Ind. 
Gentlemen: I 'would like to know the price 
you would make on Soy Beaus, in 25., 50 and 
100 bushel lots, and also 300 lbs. of Sudan 
Grass. As I sent you an order of $160 last year 
on Soy Beans and seeds and I was wdl pleased. 
(Slcned) Harry Keinfurth. 
