gioffman’s 
SOY 
BEANS 
A most important soiling crop. A splendid emergency crop 
that can be relied on to supply high-protein feed, when the 
hay crop is short. You can always depend upon Soy Beans 
to fill in those unexpected gaps when drought or unseason¬ 
able weather reduces the hay yield. 
Take special care of the seed bed for Soy Beans. Be sure 
to drill the seed shallow. Many failures have resulted from 
too deep-drilled seed. 
Soy Bean seed should be inoculated. Because it is a 
legume, it gathers nitrogen from the 
air and stores it in the soil to enrich 
the following crops. If not inoculated 
the crop will take more value out of 
the soil than it puts into it. 
Soy Beans do well in fertile soils 
that are well-drained and where the 
seed bed has been carefully prepared. 
If the soil is sour, it should be limed 
to obtain a good crop. The crop is a 
fast grower, hardy and strong, and is 
quite free from disease. Do not plant 
soy beans until after corn-planting 
time. The ground must be fairly warm 
for good germination. 
While some farmers plant soy 
beans with corn, it is usually found 
best to plant the two crops in separate 
fields and then mix as put into the 
silo. Another popular use for soy 
beans is to plow down the entire crop, 
using it entirely as a soil builder. 
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“I have never grown any soys but 
‘Manchu’ and like them, as they yield 
well in green feed for me. Found plenty 
stalks last year head high and noticed 
one stalk that measured 734 ft.” 
K. G. Shelly, 
Forksville, Pa. 
“The Wilson Black Soy Beans have 
always done well for us. We only grow 
them for hay and soiling crop.” 
Arthur Danks, 
Allamuchy, N. J. 
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