


Soy Bean acreage last year jumped tremendously. It will 
jump again this year because of the greatly increased feed- 
ing demands, and in a year of such an Alfalfa seed shortage. 
The reason? For dairy cows, soy-hay containing beans has 
been proved equal to alfalfa in milk production, rich in pro- 
tein, rich in nitrogen roughage, and it costs less. Horses, 
sheep and hogs thrive on it as hay or leguminous roughage. 
Many folks use it as ensilage with their silage corn, planting 
beans separately and mixing as they go through the cutter. 
Soys grow on most any kind of soil. And if the seed is 
inoculated, the roots are soil enrichers of first importance. 
But be sure you inoculate. If you don't, they will likely take 
more out of your soil than they can put back into it. 
““WILSON BLACK’’ SOY BEANS 
Has gained its widest popularity as a hay-type bean. For 
beans, hay, or both, or as a soil conditioner, “Wilson Black’ 
is dependable. 20 bushels of beans per acre are easy—30- 
bushel yields often reported. It will produce a good bean 
crop on poor soil, a better forage crop on good soil. Wonder- 
ful growth— ft. tall on good ground, 3 to 4 ft. even on poor 
ground. Assures plenty of good quality hay. Early enough 
to mature beans in lower Penna., Ohio, N. J. and South. 
“\MANCHU”’” SOY BEANS 
Fine type for oil production. Tall, erect and bushy—which 
makes it popular in Pennsylvania and nearby states. Pro- 
duces quantities of medium-sized yellow beans, which ma- 
ture in about 110 days. Good for forage and for hogging 
down. Doesn't lose beans easily by shelling out. The qual- 
ity of this seed is recommended as clean of foul matter— 
and of sound tested growth. 
““SENECA”’ SOYS 
An early maturing variety. .. . This seed was grown in a 
north-border county of Pennsylvania. Some of it from cer- 
tified seed. True type. A yellow bean. Good producer. 
Earliest on the Hoffman list. Very worthy of your trial. 
““HARBINSOY’’ 
For grain or silage. Yellow type, a good oil bean. Rapid 
early grower, helps check weeds. Stiff, erect stems, apt to 
be woody for hay unless thickly planted. 
Home-Grown Nitrogen? 

The shortage of nitrogen available for some 
fertilizers calls for more planting of the 
legumes (plants which take nitrogen from 
the air and deposit it at their roots). Winter 
legumes add about 25 pounds of nitrogen per 
acre to your soil. While you are improving 
your soil fertility, you reduce soil erosion, 
add humus, and prevent loss of plant food 
through leeching. 
Better use of home-produced manures is 
vital. And also the practice of crop rotations 
to a new degree. .. . On the average 30 tons 
farm manure contains as much nitrogen as 
a ton of nitrate of soda. Produce more ma- 
nure! Take better care of manure, by haul- 
ing to fields each day and spreading immedi- 
ately. Three requisites for top success with 
legumes: application of phosphates, inocu- 
lation of seed, early sowing of the right qual- 
ity seed! 
Birdsfoot trefoil is a legume better 
adapted to growth on poor acid soils 
than any of the clovers. It should be 
seeded only in the spring. 
Soy Beans—An Excellent Forage 
Crop 
They are ready to feed through late July, 
August, and early September when pastures 
are ordinarily short. Being palatable and 
high in protein, they stimulate high milk 
production to a much greater extent than 
low protein forage, such as green corn or 
Sudan grass. Where maximum production of 
green feed is required on a small area, some 
sow 4 to 5 pecks of beans and 10 or 15 pounds 
of Sudan grass. This increases the bulk but 
lowers the feeding value. Similar mixtures 
are sometimes used for hay, but by the time 
the soys are ready to harvest the Sudan 
grass generally is too coarse and mature to 
make very good feed. 
Cleaning Milk Strainers 
It has been found that a fine-mesh 
milk strainer may be cleaned by rub- 
bing salt into both sides and then rins- 
ing it in warm water. 
300 Million Bushels 
More Corn 

The use of hybrid seed added 300 million 
bushels to the 1942 corn crop, enough to 
produce about 3,300,000,000 pounds of pork, 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture says. 
This is about half the total tonnage of the 
red meats estimated as needed the present 
marketing year for military and lend-lease 
uses. 
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