SOY BEANS 
Soy Beans make a good growth on poor soils, especially if inoculated; 
succeed on acid soil where clover and alfalfa will not do; will grow as 
far north and south as corn and cotton; they are a splendid rotation 
crop, either short or whole season; they are equal pound for pound to 
oil meal in feeding value; they build up the soil and are a splendid 
green manure crop; they may be cut for hay any time after the pods 
begin to form. Many of our customers grow Soy Beans with their corn, 
planting them at the same time. This gives them two crops at harvest 
time or they let the sheep or hogs in to feed on the beans. Sow 45 lbs. 
in drills per acre, or 2 bii. (120 lbs.) broadcast. 
Prepare the seed bed the same as for corn, by fall or early spring plowing", followed 
by disking and 2 or 3 harrowings to check weed growth and to prepare a warm com¬ 
pact seed bed. Sow the seed with your corn, or a little later. If seeded with the corn, 
go over the rows twice with the corn planter, once for the corn, and once for the Soy 
Beans, planting one Soy Bean grain for each grain of corn. When grown alone, Soy 
Beans may be sown with a grain drill or corn planter, or broadcasted. A corn planter 
however will insure a uniform depth of covering, which is important. On good soils, 
it is well to sow in rows to permit cultivation and on poor soils or when grown only 
for green manure, sow them solid with the grain drill or broadcast them. Sow them 
1 to 2 in. deep. Cut for hay when the pods begin to fill, leave on the ground until 
wilted, then rake up and place in tall, loose cocks for about a week. 
Manchu 
Soy 
Beans 
INOCULATE 
THIS SEED 
WITH 
HUMOGERM 
MEDIUM YELLOW 
Popular througliout the Central States. Is quite early and 
produces a heavy crop of beans, which makes it desirable. 4302 
—Ub., 24c; peck, $1.17, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: Peck, 
64c; Vz bn., 88c; bu. (dO lbs.), $1.60; 2^ bu., $3.95; 5 bu., $7.75; 
10 bu., $15.20'. Bags free. 
MANCHU SOY BEANS 
This is by far the most popular Soy Bean in the middle west. It 
is a medium early variety, and it matures dry beans in about 100 
days. The Manchu is considered to be the best of all Soy Beans. 
Seeds are yellow with a peculiar black seed scar. Very pro¬ 
ductive. The Wisconsin Experimental Station recommends it. 
4309—Lb., 23; peck, $1.10, po.stpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 
Peck, 4Sc; % bu., SOc; bu. (60 lbs.), $1.45; 2^/^ bu., $3.55; 5 bu., 
$7.00; 10 bu., $13.75. Bags free. 
ILLINI SOY BEANS 
mini is a valuable variety, developed by the Illinois Experi¬ 
ment Station, and a fine bean for Wisconsin and similar lati¬ 
tudes, as well as more southern sections. It is very early, it 
yields heavily and grows a heavily leaved plant. Makes a fine 
quality hay. 43 1 I — Lb., 23c; peck, .$1.09, postpaid to 4th zone. 
Not prepaid; Peck, 47c; Vz bu., 78c; bu. (60 lbs.), .$1.40'; 214 bu., 
$3.40; 5 bu., $6.75; 10 Ini., $13.25. Bags free. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS 
See Page 10 
All Prices Are Subject to Change Without 
Notice. Please Order Early. 
SALZER’S SPRING RYE 
Ryq produces a crop that can be relied upon regard¬ 
less of drought, wet, cold, or excessive heat conditions 
and many weed-infested farms have been cleared by 
growing this grain. As a fertilizer it is a wonder; it 
can be grown on thinner land than other cereals; it is 
valuable for summer pasture. 56 pounds in one 
bushel. Sow 114 bu. per acre. 4672—Lb., 2.5c; peck, 
$1.14, postpaid to 4th zone. Not prepaid: Peck, r.5c; ^ 
bu., 90c; bu. (56 lbs.), .$1.65; 214 bu., $4.00': 5 bu., 
$7.90; 10 bu., .$1.5.50. Bags free. 
Jerusalem 
Artichokes 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES 
The new sugar crop for diabetics! Jerusalem Artichokes contain Inulin and authori¬ 
ties find that these may be assimilated when diabetics cannot safety take any other earlx*- 
hydrates, except in smail quantities. They also supply levulo.se which is almost 50% 
sweeter than either cane sugar or beet sugar, termed sucrose. Man.v diabetics are eating 
.lerusalem Artichokes with great benefit, and hospitals should be apprised of a source of 
supply! They resemble potatoes and may be eaten like potatoes either fried or baked, 
as potato chips or as soup stock. 
As a farm crop, it is one erop in whieh the tops and tubers may both be utilized! They 
may be both fed to all classes of live stock; chickens lay more eggs, cows give more milk, 
and hogs fatten and arc free from disease. Jerusalem Artichoke tops alone yield 5 to 15 
tons of silage or fodder to the acre, and of high quality, especially for dairy cattle. The 
tubers yield from 10 to 20 tons per acre! Grows on practically any soil but does best on 
light and sandy soils. The tubers are not good keepers, however, and therefore, dig them 
as heeded. Prior to the ground freezing, dig enough for winter use and leave the balance 
in the ground for the next spring’s use, after the ground ha.s thawed. They are very 
hardy. 
8 bu. plant an acre, spaced 3 ft. by 2 ft. in rows. One acre should keep 20 to 30 hog.s 
from Oct. to April. Some leave the hogs root out the tubers right in the field. Plant like 
potatoes, planting the small ones whole, from early spring until June. Diabetics may order 
this seed stock for immediate table use! Price: Lb., 2.5c; 3 lbs., 60c; 6 lbs., 68c; 15 lbs., 
$1.30, postpaid to 4tli zone. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., 69c; 30 lbs., $1.25; bu. (60 lbs.), 
$2.25; 100 lbs., $3.50; 500 lbs., $16.26; 1000 lbs., $29.95. 
Your Early Six Weeks Potatoes were just wonderful last year.- 
Hilligardt, Box 215, Williamsburg, Iowa. 
-Mr. William 
