Soy Bean Hay Is Equal to Alfalfa for Cattle 
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A few of the herd of 62 
Hereford^ which is being: fed 
on one of the Kelly farms 
west of San Jose. With 
practically no clovers soy 
beans will be seeded for hay. 
Soy beans hay is almost 
equal to good alfalfa hay for 
cattle, in fact, better for fat 
cattle. An acre of good soy 
beans will produce two to 
four tons of hay per acre. 
SOY BEANS 
Illinois again produced fully one-half of all the 
soy beans produced in the United States for the 
year 1936, about 18,000,000 bushel. This year a very 
different situation exists in the soy bean seed sec¬ 
tion. For several years past, most of the crop could 
have been used for seed, but this year we would say 
not over 10% of the crop was fit for seed and a 
large part of these went to the mills early in the 
season. 
In the largest producing section of Illinois, con¬ 
ditions are the worst. One of our customers wiio 
last year handled 190,000 bushel of soy beans, prac¬ 
tically all of which could have been used for seed 
(and he sold around 50,000 bushel for seed), told us 
on December 16 he had so far this year taken in 
98,000 bushel of soy beans and not one carload was 
fit for seed, although he was saving about 6,000 
bushel which he expected to put out for seed. 
Another of our customers who shipped twenty 
cars of beans by December 1 ordered seed beans 
of us at a price considerable above the price of mill 
beans. This is the situation in the heart of the soy 
bean section of Illinois this year. We secured most 
of our beans in the north and north central part of 
the state this year where beans were of good qual¬ 
ity. Also selected some of the best ones at our San 
Jose house, saving only those which were dry, 
sound and suitable for seed purposes. 
We are one of the largest dealers of soy beans 
in the United States and can take care of you for 
any quantity you may need. Car lots our specialty. 
Illini, our Best Bean for Seed, also Best Bean for Hay 
ILLINI is now the leading variety grown in Illi¬ 
nois. This is a small yellow bean, about 3,000 to the 
lb., almost round, produced by the Ill. Agricultural 
College. An early bean, stands up well. After 
leaves have dropped, even when down, it has a 
peculiar characteristic of becoming erect again. 
An early maturing bean which matures in about 115 
days. 
DUNFIELD. We consider this one of our best 
yellow varieties. Larger than the Illini, about 
2,200 to lb., almost round, very light yellow color. 
This is Indiana’s leading bean, being produced by 
their agricultural college at Purdue. Matures about 
as early as the Illini. Good combine bean, does not 
shatter out, stands late in the field. 
MANCHU. One of the older varieties. Not grown 
extensively In Ill. any more as the Illini and the 
Dunfield are much better beans. These two varie¬ 
ties have practically crowded it out. Manchu is a 
medium yellow bean, oblong in shape with a black 
eye. Most of the Manchus were badly damaged by 
early frosts which leaves only a small amount for 
seed. Requires about 110 days to mature. 
ILLINOIS 1319. A medium 
size brown bean, rather flat, 
very similar to the Virginia in 
looks, shape and color, but a 
much better bean in our sec¬ 
tion, being an early maturing 
bean. This is not a viny bean 
like a Virginia, but a good 
bean for hay or a seed crop. 
See page 35 for prices, which 
are subject to market changes. 
Soy beans are now sold like 
other grains and prices fluc¬ 
tuate as much or more. 
HAY MIXTURE. This mix¬ 
ture contains 50% black beans 
and 50% yellow. Black beans 
which are the best variety for 
hay do not stand up well as the yellow on account 
of the heavy foliage and light stems. By sowing 
yellow beans with the black they help to hold up the 
black beans and make much better hay. 
BLACK BEANS 
90% of the protein in Soy Bean hay is in the 
foliage. Black beans have finer stems and grow 
heavier foliage. These are better for hay. 
EBONY. A small black bean, about 3700 to lb. 
Best of all varieties for hay where they have time 
to mature. Requires 120 days to mature seed but 
will produce hay in about 105 days. One of the 
oldest varieties being brought to this country from 
Korea more than 30 years ago. Black beans usu¬ 
ally show a very high germination. They will hold 
germination longer than the yellow variety. 
SABLE or PEKING. A little shiny black bean, 
rather flat shape. Grows tall erect stems, heavy 
foliage. Matures in about 125 days. 
WILSON. A black bean, long flat seed with small 
black seed scar. Tall leafy and rather viney. Re¬ 
quires 125 days to mature. 
VIRGINIA. A brown flat bean. Tall, viney type. 
Will grow to top of 10 ft. corn stalk and then back 
to the ground. Best to plant with corn for silage. 
Late. Requires 130 days to mature. 
Inoculate all Soy Beans. 
Table 7—Effect of Inoculation on Composition and Yield of Manchu Soy Beans* 
University Farm, Urbana, 1924 
Yields 
Protein content 
Hay 
Seed 
Hay 
Seed 
Inoculated . 
Tons 
2.53 
1.78 
.75 
Bu. 
46.6 1 
34.7 1 
11.91 
per cent 
15.81 
14.62 
1.19 
lbs. per ton 
316.2 
292.4 
23.8 
per cent 
35.25 
31.05 
4.20 
lbs. per ton 
705 
621 
84 
Not inoculated . 
Gain for inoculation. 
These are facts which show a gain of 1500 lbs. 
per acre increase in hay and 11 9/10 bushels in¬ 
crease in seed by proper inoculation of seed. Also 
notice the increased protein content of hay. 
Prices of inoculation is less than half what it 
was three years ago. Kelly’s dry inoculator for 
soy beans or cow peas 5 bu. size 70 cents; 20 bu. size 
$2.00. Kelly’s jelly inoculator, 5 bu. size 70 cents. 
If you have your own beans send order for inocu¬ 
lation, or if you order beans include inoculation on 
order. Soy beans which are not Inoculated are 
soil robbers and will not produce well. 
COW PEAS 
A very short crop this year. In normal times, 
we have thousands of bushels of seed at this time 
but stocks are light this year. Mason County usu¬ 
ally produces 50,000 to 75,000 bushels of Cow Peas. 
Cow Peas are the best legume to grow for sandy 
soils, much better than Soy Beans. Makes very 
rich hay. Sow 1 bu. of Cow Peas and 10 lbs. Sudan 
per acre and you will produce some very fine hay. 
MIXED PEAS. Ninety-five per cent of the Peas 
grown in this section are mixed peas consisting 
of Red Ripper, Clays, Whippoorwill, New Era and 
Black. This makes a very good combination and 
grows better than the straight varieties. All Cow 
Peas bagged in even weight 2 y 2 bu. burlap bags 
for which we make a charge of 6 cents. Cow Peas 
should be inoculated as well as Soy Beans. Price: 
small lots, $2.85 bu.; 25 to 100 bu., $2.75 bu. Spe¬ 
cial price on large lots. 
