


ARKSOY 
Developed at Arkansas Experiment Sta- 
tion, another yellow variety, matures 
about three weeks after Macoupin, and 
soy bean experts claim probably the best 
of any for bean production for crushing 
purposes, having high oil content. Ma- 
tures ahead of bad weather usually, a 
big advantage, as weather often works 
havoc with grade and yield of most later 
varieties. A good hay bean and a fine 
soil builder. 
AVOYELLES 
Developed in Louisiana and: found to 
very resistant to cutworms, or de- 
structive pests on other varieties there. 
Seeds are black, larger than Otootan. 
Makes a splendid hay variety, earlier 
than Otootan; a prolific bean yielder and 
splendid soil builder. 
BILOXI 
An upright variety growing 4 to 5 
feet high, covered with a dense mass of 
foliage that does not shed easily. <A 
heavy yielder of beans; the oil and pro- 
tein contents are high; a fine bean for 
hogging down, for planting with corn or 
sorghum and for oil. The beans do not 
shatter, will stay in the pods until Feb- 
ruary. Late in maturing, requiring a 
long season to mature, but makes an 
unusually luxuriant growth; sow seed 
broadcast at rate of two bushels to an 
acre. In drills, sow 4% bushel to the acre. 
Very stout, erect, short and bushy, 
splendid for combination with corn. Plant 
thick for hay. Very prolific, beans little 
larger than Mammoth Yellow and shat- 
ter much less. 
LAREDO 
One bushel will plant 6 to 8 acres in 
rows 3 to 3% feet apart, depending upon 
how thick you want them. We know 
of one farmer who got a perfect stand 
using one bushel to 12 acres. They should 
not be covered deeper than 1% inches; 
a half-inch is better. One or two culti- 
vations to keep down the grass and 
weeds is advisable. The Delta Experi- 
ment Station reports splendid results 
from sowing Laredo March 25th to April 
10th with a wheat drill on oats planted 
the previous fall. This drill helped in- 
stead of hurting the oats, and the beans 
were not large enough when the oats 
were harvested to interfere with the 
binder. Sow seed broadcast at rate of 
one bushel per acre; when sown in drills 
sow about 1 gallon or 2 gallons per acre, 
MACOUPIN 
This yellow variety seems to be, fo 
the South, the earliest soy bean of all. 
and that makes it the most practicable 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
RUSSELL- 
HECKLE’S 

variety for crushing for oil—it is ready 
to harvest before bad weather sets in 
around September ist. A heavy yielder 
of beans, and a good soil builder. A 
farmer should have some Macoupins and 
a later variety like Arksoys so he can 
handle both to advantage with his com- 
MAMLOXI 
(MAMMOTH BILOXI HYBRID) 
Developed at Stoneville, Miss., Experi- 
ment Station. Is erect in growth, up- 
right, very prolific yielder of beans, and 
very fine for combination with corn, and 
soil building. Good for hay if planted 
thick. Matures about with Mammoth 
Yellows but shatters very little. Seed 
yellow with some brown markings. 
MAMMOTH BROWN | 
A fine big foliage variety, succeeds 
well in this section; won’t shatter. The 
plant is upright, with heavy branches; 
a big yielder of beans and foliage. Does 
well on all soils. It is a medium early 
variety, matures its beans in about 110 
days. It should be planted in rows 38 
to 5 feet apart and 8 to 10 inches in 
the row; sow 10 to 12 pounds to an acre. 
Mammoth Brown Soys grow 4 to 5 feet 
high and are covered with a dense mass 
of foliage that does not shed easily. 
When sown broadcast, use 1 to 1% bush- 
els of seed to the acre. 
OTOOTAN 
Few Soy Beans can equal Otootan as a 
hay maker. Its late maturity is more 
than overcome by the abundant growth— 
5 feet or more in long growing seasons— 
its fine stems and abundant foliage, and 
the fine texture of its hay. It differs 
from most varieties in having many leafy 
branches instead of a coarse central stem, 
making it easy to cut. Planted in 3-foot 
rows, they will cover the land with a 
mass of foliage. Plant one gallon per 
acre in corn. 
RED TANNER 
This relatively new variety is thought 
by many farmers to be the best hay va- 
riety on the market today. It is a red 
seeded variety, seed about the size of 
Virginia, or a little smaller, so they go 
a long way in planting. Everyone knows 
the Otootan is a fine hay bean—well, the 
Red Tanner has much the same charac- 
ter of hay, fine stemmed and leafy, very 
palatable. It has the important advan- 
tage of being a whole lot earlier yet fully 
as heavy hay yielder, which makes it 
much more valuable to farmers. We 
looked at a field of Red Tanners in West 
Tennessee on July 4th (1940) and they 
were fine—hip high already. It produces 
more beans than Otoot i 
AGI bulides. otan, and is a good 
_ bine. 
[12] 

® Make Poor 
Land Good 
® Make Good 
Land Better 

They make a rich and 
nutritious hay and one of 
the cheapest. The beans 
always find ready sale at 
the oil mills and _ for 
planting. It is one of the 
South’s most economical 
soil improvers. They re- 
quire no fertilizers except 
acid phosphate. 
HOW ... WHEN ... 
WHERE . to PLANT 
Soy beans, an annual summer legume, 
have been cultivated extensively and 
highly valued as a food in oriental coun- 
tries since ancient times. ‘Twenty-five 
years ago the South knew one variety 
of soy bean—the Mammoth Yellow. Now 
all over the South, you will find variety 
after variety, each with a strong fol- 
lowing. Acreage of soy beans for seed. 
hay, pasture, or plowing under, and 
silage has shown marked increases dur- 
ing the past decade. The climatic adap- 
tions of the soy bean are, in general, 
about the same as for corn. It is more 
drought-resistant and less sensitive to an 
excess of moisture than cow peas and 
corn. The soy bean may be used advan- 
tageously as either a grain crop or forage 
crop in many systems of rotations. In 
combination with other crops, such as 
corn, cow peas, Sudan grass and Sor- 
ghums, it furnishes a well-balanced ration 
and a large yield. The drilling of soy 
beans in grain crops has been found a 
practical method of growing soy beans 
in several regions. 
Culture—Soy beans may be _ planted 
either broadcast or in drills. Usually a 
better crop is had when planted in drills 
and cultivated, and few crops leave the 
land cleaner and in better condition for 
the following crop. They grow equally 
well on light and heavy soils, but on 
heavy soils they should not be planted 
more than 1 to 1% inches deep except in 
dry seasons. On light sandy soils plant 
deeper, but not more than 3 inches deep. 
When sown broadcast sow 1 to 114 bush- 
els to the acre; in drills about a peck to 
the acre. Plant in April, May or June. 
INOCULATE—Be sure to inoculate the 
seeds with Nitragin. Not only will you 
have assurance of a surer stand, but a 
better crop, and the succeeding crop will 
have the benefit of the nitrogen stored in 
the bean roots. See page 13 for prices 
and further information. 
TOKIO 
Maybe a few days earlier than Mam- 
moth Yellow but does not shatter quite 
so much. Bush type, erect growth; very 
prolific, and much grown in Tennessee 
and East Mississippi. Plant thick for 
hay. Seed greenish color, round. 
As it is about 20 days earlier than 
Mammecth Yellow, it can be grown farther 
north and throughout the corn belt. The 
vines make a fine growth, are filled with 
pods, stand about 3 feet, are easy to cut 
and easy to cure. The stems being fine 
and the leafage profuse adapts it partic- 
ularly well for hay making; sow broad- 
cast one and one-half bushels to an acre; 
in drills % bushel to an acre. 
For Quantity Prices 
SOY BEANS for 

