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Inoculate Soy Beans with Nitragin for Best Results. 
Soy Beans The Greatest Hay Crop Ever Grown 
Most Important as a Feed and 
Ensilage Crop 
Soy Beans are easy to grow, 
and are especially valuable for 
soil too poor or acid for other 
legumes. They withstand both 
drought and rain well, and are 
not easily damaged by mois¬ 
ture. They make a good emer¬ 
gency crop, as they can be 
sown late, after other crops 
fail or are washed out. They 
deposit large quantities of 
nitrogen in the soil, building 
up poor land on which clover 
or alfalfa can not be grown. 
Soy Beans, as a hay crop, 
are higher in protein content 
than clover hay, or field peas 
and oats mixed. For dairy cat¬ 
tle, the hay is equal to alfalfa 
hay. They make wonderful 
ensilage, when grown with 
corn, and are also used for hog 
pasture. They take the place 
of oilmeal, and are even more 
palatable and digestible. 
Culture—Sow when all dan¬ 
ger of frost is over, about corn 
planting time. For hay crop. 
Soy Beans may be seeded 
broadcast or with grain drill 
using one bushel of seed per 
aci;e. Cover seed one inch 
deep. If preferred sow seed 
by drilling in rows 36 inches 
apart, allowing cultivation one 
way, using half-bushel seed 
per acre. It is now a univer¬ 
sal custom to sow Soy Beans 
in combination with corn for 
silo or hogging down, drop¬ 
ping one or two beans in each 
hill of corn. One bushel plants 
ten acres with corn, costing 
only a few cents per acre, but 
well worth $20.00 per acre for 
feed. 
787 Illini 
787 Illini 
790 Manchu 785 Wilson Early Black 
785 Wilson Early Black —A very prolific variety 
and one of the best where a quick, early variety is 
desired. Average height on good land is about three 
feet. The Delaware State Experiment Farm recom¬ 
mends the Wilson Black as ahead of any as a com¬ 
bination hay and seed variety. It matures in about 
115 days, stands up well, makes pods a good dis- 
Introduced by the Illinois Agricultural 
Experiment Station 
tance from the ground and retains its seed. It’s fine 
stem enables it to cure quickly. Lb., 20 cts.; 3 lbs., 
50 ets., postpaid. 
Earliest of All-Excellent for Hogging Down 
The Illini is primarily a seed type rather than hay 
type, early maturing (105 days), stands well, and 
holds its seed well. It has white flowers, gray 
pubescence, yellow seeds with light brown hilum or 
seed scar, and yellow to light brown pods. These 
characteristics enable one to distinguish and rogue 
mixtures easily, and thus to keep the variety pure. 
We highly recommend this. 
787—1 lb., 20 cts.; 3 lbs., 50 cts., postpaid. 
790 Manchu This is by far the most popular Soy 
Bean in the middle west. It is a medium early va¬ 
riety, and it matures dry beans in about 110 days. 
The Manchu is almost unanimously considered to be 
the best of all Soy Beans for any purpose until the 
introduction of Illini. Seeds are yellow with a pecu¬ 
liar black seed scar. It is a medium variety, orig¬ 
inally from Northern Manchuria. We recommend 
this variety for hay and silage, and as being one 
of the best to plant with corn for silage. 1 lb., 20 
cts.; 3 lbs., 50 cts., postpaid. 
788 Black Ebony This variety is very much grown 
in the northern sections, for forage and ensilage. 
The seed itself is jet black. Dwarf habit, hence not 
so much planted with corn. Chiefly used for emer¬ 
gency hay crops. Matures in 125 days. 1 lb., 20 
cts.; 3 lbs., 50 cts., postpaid. 
786 Black Eyebrow Seeds are black with brown 
saddle and black seed scar. It is also from Man¬ 
churia and about like Manchu in growth and date 
of maturing. Specially adapted to northern condi¬ 
tions for both grain and hay. One of the best for 
planting with corn. 1 lb., 20 cts.; 3 lbs., 50 cts., 
postpaid. 
730 Korean Lespedeza Clover 
AN EARLY DROUGHT RESISTANT SOIL BUILDER 
Does Especially Well in High Altitudes 
The abundant growth, deep penetrating roots 
covered with nodules make Korean Despedeza 
an outstanding grazing and soil building le¬ 
gume. 
The strong root growth penetrates about 8 
inches deep, making it highly drought resist¬ 
ant, and thriving in poor, wornout soils where 
alfalfa and clovers would fail. 
In feeding value, it is about equal to alfalfa; 
has no woody stem; holds its leaves well and 
produces a full crop the first season. It is an 
annual. 
A harrowing before sowing is the only prep¬ 
aration necessary. When sown alone broadcast 
20 lbs. to the acre during late freezes after a 
light harrowing, but do not cover the seeds. 
14 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., 
$1.50, postpaid. 
See page 111 for Perennial Sei’icea Lespedeza. 
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