Soys Need Inoculant 
If soy bean leaves looked yellowish- 
green last year, it might have been 
a sign that not enough inoculation 
was used. Remember to inoculate 
soys this time. 
Emergency Pig Pasture 
How about fencing off a part of 
the soy beans that were planted 
for hay? Hogs relish the palatable 
grazing afforded by soy bean pas- 
ture; 
Feeding the Extra 
““Colostrum’’? 
The milk secreted by the cow 
within 3 or 4 days after calving 
contains 40 times as much vitamin 
A as normal milk. Helps give the 
young calf certain protective im- 
munity against disease. Has desir- 
able laxative effect. Since most 
fresh dairy cows yield more colos- 
trum than their infants can con- 
sume—some folks suggested that 
the excess be added to the milk 
given older calves. 
Lespedeza Held Water 
In 1940 in an Adams County, Pa., 
peach orchard, 1.68 inches of rain 
fell in about 30 minutes. Observa- 
tions next day showed that in a 
clean, cultivated portion the water 
had penetrated only 2 inches, and 
severe soil loss had occurred. Un- 
der a crop of Korean lespedeza a 
few feet away, the rain had filled 
the soil to a depth of 14 inches and 
no erosion was found. 
Soy-Sorghum Silage 
A big dairy in New Jersey puts up 
a lot of soy bean-sorghum silage to 
boost the winter roughage supply. 
... They use 15 to 25 pounds cane 
sorghum seed with 5 to 6 pecks 
soys per acre. Makes good silage 
without a preservative. Yields run 
good and heavy. 
Beans must be of good germination 
... and the way’ to KNOW is to 
test the seed. Hoffman Soy Beans 
(and all other seeds) are proved for 
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‘““WILSON’’ SOY BEANS (Continued) 
type. To plant soy beans in your corn, this va- 
riety is often used. Incidentally, the nitrogen 
produced by inoculated soy bean seed helps the 
corn and the resulting ensilage is high in food 
value. Mature beans in about 115 days. 
““KINGWA”’ (BLACK) TYPE SOY BEANS 
A fine helper any year when a lot of emergency 
hay may be required. Tests at Pennsylvania 
State College show Kingwa an excellent hay 
bean. Leafy and finer stemmed than many types. 
Not hard to cure. Produce good weight dry hay. 
“MANCHU’’ TYPE SOY BEANS 
The mostly used yellow bean—well suited for 
growing beans, for meal and oil production. 
Produces great quantities of medium-sized beans 
which mature in about 110 days. Beans stay in 
the pods nicely till threshed—a valuable point 
in dry fall, While Manchu’s chief value is for 
bean production—sometimes reaches 28 to 395 
bushels per acre—its erect and bushy plant can 
be used to good advantage for forage and for 
hogging down. Won't make as good or as much 
hay as above black types. 
‘“\CHIEF’’ SOY BEANS 
An excellent variety to grow for grain, where 
season permits—about 120 days. Heavy yielder 
of beans. Stiff straw. Stands well until cut or 
combined. Beans well-enclosed, do not shatter. 
‘““SENECA’’ SOY BEANS 
Earlier hay type for the North-Central areas. 
Fine for hay in sections that will let it come to 
full-pod stage by late August. Thus preferred to 
the later hay types. Produces yellow beans. A 
good kind to harvest early, in time to follow with 
winter wheat. 
““CAYUGA’’ SOY BEANS 
Black bean type. Best suited for short-season 
areas. Matures in some sections of New York. 
All right for early wanted hay, but makes less of 
it. If in stock, see price list. 
‘““LINCOLN’’ SOY BEANS 
Newer yellow type. Medium full season. Strictly 
grain or bean variety. Gained quick popularity 
in Central West. Heavy yielder. 
‘EDIBLE SOY BEANS”’ 
Plant some of the seed in your garden. A pound 
goes far. Plant 1” to 2” apart, rows 28” apart. 
Mighty good to eat ... green, or often dried. 
Nutritious, too. This early “Bansei” is a good type. 
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