OLDS' SOY BEANS, VETCH and SUNFLOWER 
A Field of Soy Beans Being Cut For Haiy. 
NOTE: Soy Beans require good land the same as corn. 
Do not expect a large crop on poor soil. Be sure and 
inoculate your seed with either Nodogen or Nitragin 
whichever type you prefer. See pages 69 and 71. 
WHY GROW SOY BEANS? 
First. They yield large amounts of high protein forage, 
rich in feeding value. They not only make splendid hay, 
but are wonderful for silage, grown with corn. 
Second. They contain as much fertility per acre as 
eight loads of stable manure. 
Third. The mature beans ground into meal make won¬ 
derful high protein dairy feed. 
Fourth. Soy Beans are more resistant to frost than 
corn and they also stand hot weather. 
Fifth. They are adapted to nearly all soils and are 
especially valuable on sandy soils. 
Sixth. They are the only legume crop that will grow on 
acid soils and build up the land. 
Seventh. They make a wonderful emergency crop when 
clover fails or when other crops are washed out or fail 
for any reason, as they can be put in late. Prof. Morti¬ 
mer places them first in the list of “Emergency Hay 
Crops.” 
HOW TO PUT IN SOY BEANS. 
While Soy Beans in Wisconsin are mostly put in for a 
hay crop, many farmers are planting with corn for silage. 
Mix the beans with the corn, planting both at the same 
time, using fully as many beans as kernels of corn or, bet¬ 
ter yet, as many pounds of beans as there are pounds of 
corn. Where the beans are sown alone by drill or seeder, 
which is the way they are largely put in, use two bushels 
of seed per acre but then even a little more than that is 
better. On old soils rowing and cultivating will make 
friends for the crop, putting in either with corn planter 
or with drill with part of the spouts closed. Handled this 
way there will be a great saving in the cost of the seed, 
as one bushel per acre is enough instead of two bushels. 
On new soils the solid planting is all right but on old soils 
weeds are apt to bother. 
Do not plant too early. Never before corn planting time, 
or even later. Often as late as June 20th is all right. 
Shallow covering is best and above all, inoculate the seed 
before planting. 
“Had your seeds last year and had great success in spite 
of dry weather. Either vegetable or flozvers—one is just as 
good as the other.” — Mrs. C. E. Kingsley, Minnesota. 
MANCHU SOY BEANS. 
Manchu is the best known and most popular variety of 
Soy Beans in Wisconsin as well as in most other central 
west states. It is medium early in Reason, early enough 
to fully mature dry beans under ordinary conditions in 
southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois and large 
enough to be of real value. The 'dry beans mature in 
about 100 days. Nearly as early as Ito San and decidedly 
larger. Ito San is seldom called for now. Too small. 
Prices, by freight: y 2 pk., 25c; pk., 45c; bu. (60 lbs.), 
$1.50; 100 lbs., $2.35; 500 lbs. or over at $2.30. Sacks 
free. 
ILLINI SOY BEANS. 
Illini is a new variety developed at the Illinois Experi¬ 
ment Station from the old A. K. We sold last year nearly 
as many Illini as Manchu. It seems to grow a little taller 
than Manchu, giving a heavier yield while in season it is 
hardly any later. Some think it is even earlier. Just as 
desirable in every other way and we would say better for 
hay in Wisconsin than Manchu. Our stocks are very fine 
of both varieties. 
Prices, by freight: y 2 pk., 25c; pk., 45c; bu., $1.50; 
100 lbs., $2.35; 500 lbs. at $2.30. 
SAND VETCH OR WINTER VETCH. 
A very valuable leguminous plant, especially for lighter 
soils. Can be sown in either sjDring or fall. Sow 15 to 
20 pounds of vetch and y 2 bushel grain per acre, oats 
or barley in the spring, rye in the fall. Makes splendid 
hay, also fine fall and winter pasture and it can also be 
pastured in early spring. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 35c. By freight: Lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 
$1.00; 10 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $14.25; 500 lbs., at $14.00. 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER. 
A great feed for poultry and hogs. Also grown quite 
largely now for silage. Also for sheep pasture. It makes 
a much larger amount of feed than ensilage corn. Prof. 
E. J. Delwiche of the Ashland Experiment Station, reports 
that sunflower greatly outyielded corn for the tenth con¬ 
secutive season, yielding 14.4 tons of silage per acre, corn 
only 4.22 tons. 
Prices, by mail: Oz., 5c; lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 70c. By 
freight: 5 lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 100 lbs., $10.00; 500 
lbs. at $9.75. Sacks free. 
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