
In the farm feeding program, soy beans fit well. 
Soy bean hay is equal to clover or alfalfa hay 
in feed value when cut at the proper time. The 
beans have a high protein content up to 36%. 
The meal makes an excellent base for mash. 
Soy beans may also be fed as pasture or hay, 
or in with the silage. Combined with oats, sudan 
grass, millet or sorghum, offers a wide variety 
of nutritious feeds. 
soy beans will grow anywhere—even on poor 
land. Properly inoculated beans on poor land will 
build a high nitrogen content into the soil for 
following crops. Important! Soy beans on slop- 
ing ground should be planted on the contour to 
prevent any soil washing. 
BUT—don't plant your beans too early. Await 
warm soil. Avoid poor stands and weed trouble. 
Naturally, in such an important crop, you want 
the best seed you can get. Here is good, reliable 
seed well cleaned, free of foreign matter. Order 
your soy beans and inoculant to come with your 
early planting seeds. Be ready. 
‘““WILSON’’ (BLACK) TYPE SOY BEANS 
The most popular hay-type bean of the East. 
Early enough to mature beans in lower Penn- 
sylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and southward. Up 
to about 30 bushels of beans per acre in good 
seasons. Produces a great growth of slender 
stems, sometimes 5 feet tall on good ground. 
Three to 4 feet even on poor ground. Often 
yields 2 to 4 tons of high-protein hay per acre. 
Its rich growth also makes it an excellent pasture 
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For Quick Hay ... Soy Beans 
Where clover, alfalfa or other leg- 
ume hay is short, soy beans pro- 
vide an excellent substitute. Soy 
bean hay contains 14 to 16 per cent 
crude protein, compared to about 
15 per cent in alfalfa, and about 13 
per cent in clover hay. Feeding ex- 
periments have shown soy bean 
hay equal to alfalfa for dairy 
cattle. Sheep relish it and thrive 
on it. From average soils 1% to 
2% tons of good hay per acre may 
be expected—depending on the sea- 
son and fertility level. 
Cover-Crop Value 
When turned under as green ma- 
nure, a cover crop (1) improves 
the structure of the soil; (2) adds 
organic matter; (3) makes soil 
more absorbent; (4) forms organic 
acids that help liberate mineral 
plant food. 
Feed Insurance—1946 
Would this fit in? Plan a soy bean 
acreage this year. To save the hay 
—baled or ground—to use _ next 
year when alfalfa hay will be 
short. It would supply good pro- 
tein feed. 
Raising Colts? 
During the summer when colts are 
yearlings, and good pasture is 
available, no grain or hay may be 
needed. Where pastures are not 
first-class, some grain is necessary. 
Four parts oats, 1 bran, by weight 
—_fed» at sabout™1> pound per 4100 
pounds of live weight. If the colts 
need a little fattening, an ear or 
two of corn might be added to this 
ration. Thriftiness and good growth 
of frame in a colt depend a lot on 
his feed the first two years. 
New Soy Bean Idea 
To plant soy beans around the field, 
instead of doubling back and forth 
across the field. Makes for faster 
harvesting. Fewer cross rows to 
bump over with a combine. Saves 
machinery wear and tear. 
Old Alfalfa and a “Good 
Doctor’ 
If the alfalfa was limed when 
planted, or after it was planted, it 
may not be necessary to add lime. 
But it might too. . Have the 
soil tested and see. But it should 
certainly be fertilized. Best com- 
bination would be manure and su- 
perphosphate, with at least 50 
pounds of superphosphate to the 
load. Or use an alternate, or even 
in addition, 400 to 500 pounds of 
4-12-4 or 3-12-6. 
