
A Vital War Crop— 
Plant High Germinating Seed! 
Late planting—a very unfavorable season, and 
the early frost of September 27, all combined 
to severely damage the 1942 Northern Soy Bean 
crop. 
Careful tests, after the frost, by the Uni- 
versity of Minnesota on field run Soy Beans 
grown at Waseca and University Farm, show 
germinations ranging from 70% to 22%. Thus 
a large percentage of the °42 Soy Bean crop 
was injured by frost, and is unfit for seed in 
1943. 
Designated as a vital war crop by the War 
Production Board, a large production is needed 
again in 1943. In fact, the 1943 goal ig 1,500,- 
000 acres ABOVE the °42 goal! 
In 1942 the Government asked for a 54% 
increase in Soy Bean acreage in Minnesota, The 
increase was even more than this! Even higher 
goals are set for 1943. Furthermore, we urge 
farmers to plant early, just as soon as all dan- 
ger of frost is past in the spring, to inoculate 
seed with Nitragin (Pg. 64), and to plant only : 
these early maturing varieties, recommended by 
Minnesota Experiment Station: Early Manchus, 
Habaros, and the New Richland variety. They 
have given fine results the past season, 
Our seed stocks are Minnesota Grown, of fine 
quality, with a germination of 90% strong, or 
better. Seed of these early adapted varieties, 
recommended by the Experiment Station, will be 
in big demand. Insist on high germinating seed 
and order early to avoid disappointment. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
Aou Toe. Grow Soy Beans 
CULTURE, Soy Beans 
same treatment as corn, 
most any kind of soil, shallow peat or sandy 
loam, and even ground containing too much 
alkali for corn. Do not plant Soy Beans too 
early, about corn planting time is right. 
Inoculate seed with Nitragin (page 64) and 
plant as follows: 
1. In ordinary 
using 90 to 

require about the 
and will grow on al- 
6 in. rows with a grain drill, 
120 lbs. of beans per acre. 
2. In 12 in. rows, using a grain drill ‘and 
plugging up every other drill, using 80 
to 90 lbs. per acre. 
3. In 21 in. rows, using a corn planter with 
a bean attachment, the planter being -set 
at the regular distance of 42 in. and the 
rows straddled, Plant about 70 to 75 Ibs. 
of beans per acre, 
. Soy Beans may also be planted in rows 30, 
386 and 42 in. apart and cultivated. Plant 
35 to 45 lbs. of beans per acre. 
5. Soy Beans may also be broadcast, using 
about 90 to 120 lbs. per acre. 
Soy Beans for Seed 
The seed crop is quite profitable. The seeds 
broken or split in threshing can be fed to live- 
stock, For seed, the Soy Beans should be cut 
with a grain binder, while the dew is still on 
them, so they will not shatter. They can be 
threshed without much curing, if the seed is 
spread out so it cannot sprout in the bins. 
Soy Beans may be turned under in the fall, 
thereby enriching the soil and making it mellow 
and easily tillable. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS... . 
SOY BEAN INOCULATION . . 
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Plant Minnesota Grown 
Early Minnesota Manchus—a most profitable crop for Minnesota farms. 
The Mest Profitable Soy Bean Varieties! 
NEW RICHLAND SOY BEANS 
(Grown from Registered Seed) 
Now recommended by Minnesota Experiment 
Station and Minn. Crop Improvement Associa- 
tion. Distributed by the Purdue Experiment 
Station. Matures about the same time as 
Habaro, or in about 105 to 110 days. Equal in 
yield to Habaro and adapted to same terri- 
tories. 
Outstanding features are high yield, early 
maturity, stubborn standing ability and high oil 
content. It is becoming the leading oil mill 
variety, and we suggest growers obtain seed of 
this strain to produce high yielding, good qual- 
ity- crops for sale to oil processing mills in 
their locality. We offer only quality, high ger- 
minating seed stocks, but supply is limited, so 
order early, 
MUKDEN 
The outstanding strain of Mukdens we offer 
has been grown in Minnesota for a number of 
years, and will ripen only slightly later than 
Habaros and Early Minnesota Manchus, Muk- 
dens will produce ripe beans in Southern and 
South Central Minnesota and similar territories. 
They are very leafy, produce a large tonnage of 
hay and a high yield of beans, very high in oil 
content, and therefore are preferred by the 
crushers. The plant stands up stubbornly and 
the seed is yellow in color, resembling Manchus, 
but slightly smaller. We offer quality seed stocks 
of high germination, See Blue Figure Price List. 
MANCHU, Early Minn. 
(Grown from Registered Seed) 
An excellent strain, maturing in about 105 
days, or about the same time as Habaros, and 
will ripen beans in Central Minnesota and simi- 
lar territories. High in oil and protein content, 
and low in moisture at harvest. One of the 
highest yielding varieties in recent Minnesota 
Experiment Station Trials. We offer only qual- 
ity seed stocks of high germination. Supply 
limited, Order early to ayoid disappointment. 
HABARO 
(Grown from Registered Seed) 
Originated by the Minnesota Experiment Station. 
Habaro igs an outstanding early variety, de- 
veloped at University Farm. Matures in about 
105 days, and will ripen beans in Central Min- 
nesota and similar territories. One of the highest 
yielding varieties for both seed and forage in 
Waseca Experiment Station tests, covering a 
period of years. 
Habaros stand up straight, are very leafy and 
produce a large tonnage of nutritious hay per 
acre. They may be easily cut with a grain or 
corn binder. Habaros will produce 85 to 40 
bushels of well matured beans per acre on good 
land under normal growing conditions. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 

Try Dusting Your Seed With 
Roofone 



Just dust on seed, then plant! Re-. 
markable results reported (at right). 
Stiffer stalks, .bigger roots, more twin 
ears on hybrid and open pollinated corn 
(even if Barbak treated). Bigger yields 
from other farm, garden and grass crops. 
Greatest benefit on poor soils. Oz. treats 
bu. of corn or beans. Ask for free treating 
chart. 
2 ozs. $1.00, 1 lb. $5.00, postpaid. 
Canada Yellow Field Peas 
Field Peas are better suited to the Northwest 
than other annual legumes for building up worn- 
out soils. They are usually grown with oats for 
hay, a combination equal in feeding value to 
clover hay. They contain more digestible crude 
protein and fat than alfalfa and corn. 
When they are grown with oats, they are 
threshed together, and easily separated with a 
fanning mill after threshing, thereby getting 
two crops from one operation. Sow 2 bushels of 
oats to 1% bushels of peas per acre. Drill the 
peas in 4 inches deep, as early as the ground 
can be worked. Then, 2 or 3 weeks later, sow 
the oats, drilling it in the other way. If the 
oats are sown with the peas, they grow too 
rapidly, and check or smother the growth of 
the peas. Price: 5 lbs. 80c, postpaid. For prices 
on larger quantities, see Price List. 

Seed for Ripe Beans, and Inoculate 

Just look at these results from actual field tests show- 
ing what happens when ROOTONE is used on impor- 
tant field crops! 
Untreated Seed 
per 
per 
per 
2411 Ibs. per 
3700 Ibs. per 
5.6 tons per 
per 
Treated Seed 

Vetch 
(Sand or Hairy) 
Vetches, either green or as hay, make excel- 
lent feed and are also used extensively as cover 
and green manure crops. They make good hay, 
ensilage, pasture and green feed and are very 
valuable as a green fertilizer and as a cover crop 
gn orchards, preventing the washing away of the 
soil, 
Vetch may be sown in the spring at the rate 
of 60 lbs. per acre, or with a grain crop such 
as oats, wheat, rye or barley, at the rate of 30 
lbs. per acre, and using one-half of the normal 
rate of small grain. This combination makes 
excellent forage or hay and also aids in prevent- 
ing the Vetch from lodging. Vetch may also be 
seeded in the fall with winter rye for a hay 
crop, about August 1 to 20, using about 30 lbs. 
of Vetch and % bu. of rye per, acre. Price: 
5 Ibs. $1.00, postpaid. See Price Mist. 
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