SOY BEANS 
Gibson Selection from a cross between the Midwest and 
Dunfield by the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Ma- 
turity, medium; flowers, white; pods, two to three seeded; 
shatter but little, seeds, straw yellow color. Somewhat later 
than Lincoln but a better yielder. Oil, 20.4 per cent: protein 
41.9 per cent; iodine number, 129. 
Laredo A small black bean that matures medium late. About 
7,800 seeds to the pound. Oil content, 14.5%; protein, 43.90%. 
Virginia Mainly a hay variety. Very good for poor soils. 
Flowers purple, pods brown, seeds medium small. flat, olive 
brown in color. Oil content, 18.3 %; protein, 38.9%. 
Lincoln This is an early variety, good for either seed or for- 
age. A good yielder and the seed has a high oil content. 
Hongkong A medium early yellow variety. Oil content, 
21%; protein, 40%. 
PEANUTS a ~~ Soy Beans 
Very popular for dry land farm- 
ing and are now grown as far north 
as Iowa with success. Good feed * 
for forcing cows to a high yield of : 
milk and for rapidly fattening cat- 
tle and hogs, especially when com- 
bined with Milo. A peck and a half 
of shelled peanuts will plant an 
acre. 
MILLET 
White Wonder Millet The 
heads of this variety will run 
from 8 to 18 inches and a single 
head will have as many as 15,000 
seeds. Foliage is very heavy. 
Siberian Millet farly, hardy, 
White Jumbo Standard variety eth candlahirouene 
for roasting. Three times as large 
th ish. i 
as the Spanish German Millet Enormous 
heads, heavy yield of seed and 
fodder. 
Millet—Sow 60 to 90 lbs. per acre. 
Tennessee Red best yielder. 
Pods contain four or five nuts. 
MISCELLANEOUS FIELD SEEDS 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower single heads measure 
15 to 20 inches in diameter and contain an immense amount 
of seed. The best egg-producing food known for poultry, and 
can be raised cheaper than corn. Three pounds of seed will 
plant an acre. 
Sand Vetch (Vicia Villosa). Sometimes called Hairy Vetch 
or Winter Vetch. Valuable for forage and fertilizing purposes. 
Makes good hay, ensilage and pasture, and the yield of green 
fodder is immense. 
Clinton Oats This variety has become very popular in the 
last few years. It is early and a very good yjyielder. 
Large Kernel Buckwheat It is early and very produc 
tive, with kernels twice the size of any other variety. 
Field Peas Field Peas deserve more general cultivation. 
They are equal to corn in fattening hogs and are ready for 
feed several weeks earlier. White seeded. 
Field Beans WHITE NAVY. Standard variety of white 
beans. Medium size. Sow 30 pounds to the acre. For table use. 
Flax Seed Largely grown in Kansas for seed. Sow one-half 
to three-quarters bushel to the acre. 
Canary Seed As easily grown as wheat. Requires similar 
culture, 20 to 30 pounds per acre. 
Dwart Essex Rape Excellent pasture for cattle, sheep, 
hogs and chickens. Endures cold weather and lasts after or- 
Peanuts dinary pasture is gone. 
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