MANCHU 
Soys make a wonder¬ 
ful hay of high protein con¬ 
tent. The seed is good for human 
food, particularly for diabetics. Ground 
Soy Beans make wonderful hog feed and, of course, 
there is always a market for Soy Beans for the making of oil meal 
and Soy Bean oil. The manufactured articles which can be made out 
of pressed Soy Beans are very, very numerous and many factories 
have now already been established for the purpose of using Soy Beans 
commercially. Here in our own state of Iowa, there are Soy Bean 
crushing plants at Centerville, Cedar Rapids, Fort Dodge, and others 
are now being planned. 
Soy Beans are easy to grow even on poor soil. They make a very 
satisfactory growth provided they are inoculated. The seed bed 
should be well prepared by plowing and working with a disc. Har¬ 
row until a firm seed bed with about two or three inches of loose 
and mellow soil is secured. It is best after preparing the ground 
to let it lie fallow for two or three weeks, then give it another good 
discing and harrowing so as to have the land free from weeds. 
When the beans are about four inches high, it is advisable to 
harrow again to destroy any further weed growth. Drilling with a 
two-row corn planter requires about 15 pounds of seed per acre; 
splitting the corn rows, one-half bushel to the acre; and drilled with 
a grain drill, about one bushel to one bushel and a peck. If a broad¬ 
cast seeding is made, we recommend one and one-half bushels to 
two bushels per acre. 
Always inoculate a seeding of Soy Beans. You will have increased 
vigor of growth and inoculation helps build up the soil and the pro¬ 
tein content of the beans and hay. Hogs eat Soy Beans readily. 
Soy Beans may be cut for hay any time after the setting of leaves 
until they begin to turn yellow. Plant at corn planting time. 
Feeding Value of Soybean Hay 
Under tests, dairy cows fed Soy Bean straw alone produced 12 per cent more 
milk and 14 per cent more butterfat than those fed corn stover. It is extremely 
rich in protein. Practically equals Alfalfa. 
Soy Beans also may be very satisfactorily used for silage, the best results 
being obtained when mixed with corn and sorghums. It is best to grow the 
beans separate and mix them while cutting for silo. Soy Beans may be planted 
with corn in the same hill or in alternate rows. In this manner, they may be 
hogged off or harvested for silage. 
VIRGINIA 
One of the highest yielding hay beans. Grows tall and 
leafy. The seed is brown. Matures beans in 120 to 125 days. 
PER 
BU. 
This is the earliest and 
best main crop yellow Soy 
Bean. Yellow Soy Beans 
are best for hogging down, 
for oil and for feed mixing. 
This is the best all-around 
type of all. A good hay 
bean, too. Matures beans in 
105 days. 
PER 
BU. 
This is the great six-rowed 
white malting barley that is 
adapted to the Farm Belt. 
Our seed was grown right 
here at Shenandoah and 
though sown late made a 
yield of 20 bushels to the 
acre under very bad condi¬ 
tions. A year ago we got 
this seed stock from Minne¬ 
sota where it yielded 55 
bushels per acre under fa¬ 
vorable conditions. This is 
a selected strain of seed 
that will please you. There 
is a big market for barley 
at high prices so be ready 
to cash in on the demand 
for malting. Price; $1.75 
per Bu.; 10 Bushels, $1.70 
per Bu.; 
PER 
BUSHELS 
BU 
Extra Early 
and High in Yield 
Even last year many farmers found 
Fulghums to outyield their other oats 
two to one. As more and more farm¬ 
ers in Iowa and surrounding states try Fulghum Oats they 
are discarding other varieties of early oats and using Ful¬ 
ghums exclusively. 
FULGHUMS are TRIED and TESTED 
Fulghum Oats are revolutionizing oat growing in the 
southern part of Iowa, northern Missouri, northeast Kansas 
and southeast Nebraska. They are doubling yields in many 
cases. They fill heavily and mature early when sown early. 
A few years ago, M. A. McNeal of Watson, Missouri, “Mac” 
they call him down in that country, got me to try Fulghum 
Oats and I placed Fulghums with several of my customers 
for them to report to me what they did. The results were 
almost beyond belief. If you plant Fulghum Oats early, 
either in February or early March, they will mature early 
and give yields as high as 100 to 120 bushels per acre on 
good corn land. Try them this year. We have some very 
good heavy seed for you. Per Bu., $1.00; 10 Bushels, 95c 
per Bu.; 25 Bushels, 90c per Bu. 
LL N 
The smallest yellow Soy 
Bean. Use about one-fourth 
less seed per acre when sow¬ 
ing this variety; especially 
recommended for hay. Ma¬ 
tures beans in 110 days. 
PER 
BU 
mmmmW Early 
BLACK WILSON 
One 
of the finest 
:ans. Tall 
r; heavy fo- 
oducer. Ma¬ 
hay 
beans 
growing 
liage 
pi 
about 
110 
115 
to 
day 
PER 
BU 
PAGE* 18-EARL E. MAY FARM SEED CATALO G—S PRI N G. 1937 
