VARIETIES 
MANCHU SOY BEANS—Best known and 
most widely grown for both hay and seed as 
well as soil improvement. A heavy pro¬ 
ducer of both hay and seed and a great soil 
builder. Seed medium in size with black eye. 
Color yellow. 
.ILLINI SOY BEANS—Developed and in¬ 
troduced by our own State Agricultural De¬ 
partment to supply a bean that yields extra 
heavy and with high oil contents and feeding 
value. Best of all for seed production and 
equal to Manchu for hay. Seed smaller, with 
indistinct eye. Color yellow. 
DUNFIELD SOY BEANS—Considered the 
best yellow Soy Bean for hay production. 
Liked by many for seed production too as 
pods usually shatter less than others. Plants 
a little larger than Illini or Manchu and a 
splendid all around variety. Seed medium 
size yellow with light brown eye. 
EBONY SOY BEANS—A dandy for hay 
and '‘hogging down.” Vines taller, stems 
finer and more leafy than above yellow va¬ 
rieties and better to grow for hay or plow¬ 
ing under. Seed small and plump, very black. 
WILSON SOY BEANS—The most pop¬ 
ular of all varieties for hay and also an ex¬ 
cellent soil builder. Produces a real tall, 
fine stem, leafy vine. That’s what makes it so 
desirable for hay, as it produces an abundance 
of it. Seed small, flattened and dull black. 
VIRGINIA SOY BEANS—Makes a real 
tall, fine stem, leafy vine with tendrils. Es¬ 
pecially good to plant with corn or sudan 
as the tendrils cling to those plants and sup¬ 
port the vine for production of excellent hay 
or silage. Seed brown, small and flattened. 
SOY BEANS 
Value of the Crop 
Soybeans bring you quick heavy crops of 
high protein hay. Every farmer growing 
young stock or milking cows needs lots of 
high protein content feed. If your clover 
or alfalfa have failed, grow soybeans. If 
your supply is short or you want to in¬ 
crease your herds, grow soybeans. They 
will give you 2 or 3 tons of hay per 
acre that is equal to alfalfa in feeding value. 
If you are looking for a good paying cash 
crop, soybeans will give you 20 to 30 bushel 
of beans per acre that find a ready market. 
Unlike other cash crops they do not deplete 
your land but leave it in excellent tilth. It is 
a wonderful soil building crop when you 
plow under a good green growth. But even 
the roots and stubble, especially if the beans 
are combined, will add to your soil fertility. 
Utilization 
If you need high protein green feed during 
the growing season, cut the beans as you 
need them as they reach a suitable length. 
If you want a big hay crop, cut them when 
the pods are fairly well filled but before any 
beans have fallen. They are generally cut 
with a mower, allowed to wilt thoroughly in 
the swath. Then rake in windrows and fin¬ 
ish curing in cocks. 
When a seed crop is desired, cut with 
binder when pods are quite ripe and cure 
in shocks. If you plant to combine, the beans 
should be left standing until quite dry. Com¬ 
bined beans are generally of the best quality 
and there is much less loss in split beans. 
Planting Suggestions 
Prepare your seed bed about as for corn. Do 
not plant before corn planting time. Better give 
your land an extra discing or liarrowing so as to 
stimulate and eradicate young weeds. Broadcast 
seedings may be made but drilling is more satis¬ 
factory. For hay use iy 2 to 2 bu. per acre, for 
seed % to % of this amount. If the ground crusts 
before the beans are up, go over the field with a 
harrow. When the beans are 1 to_2 inches high, 
harrow the field. Do that again when 4 to 6 inches 
high. Harrow in the heat of the day or when 
the plants are dry. You’ll pull out a few plants 
but you’ll have a more vigorous stand, a taller 
growth, a bigger yield and much better quality 
hay. 
You can drill wheat on such land in the fall 
without any seed bed preparation whatever. 
