~~ OLDS’ FIELD and SOY BEANS 
(Sow 120 pounds to an acre.) 
Until a few years ago, soy beans in Wisconsin. were mostly grown for hay 
new, improved early varieties they are becoming popular as a cash crop. Soy beans are valuable 
in many ways. They yield large amounts of high protein forage, rich in food value and are : 
splendid for either hay or silage. They improve the soil fertility and are equal to 8 loads of 
stable manure to the acre. They are more resistant to frost than corn and will withstand hot 
weather. They are the only legume crop that will grow on acid soil and build up the land 
and they are adapted to nearly all soils, especially sandy soil. When other early planted crops 
fail they make a wonderful emergency crop as they can be put in late. The grain will not 
deteriorate in value when the crops stand a considerable length of time after maturity and with 
processing plants now available, it gives the farmer a splendid additional cash crop, The ground 
beans are considered better than oil meal for mixing with home grown grains to balance the 
Now with the 3 
Spooner Branch Experiment Station. 
dairy ration. 
MANCHU NO. 606 SOY BEAN 
This is a selection of Manchu made at the 
About a 
week earlier in maturing than Manchu No, 3. 
The yellow beans and the plant are similar to 
Manchu. 
Prices, by freight or express f. 0. b. Madison: 
Wisconsin Certified W Brand, bu., not sealed, 
$4.75. Sealed in 2-bu. bags, $9.40 per bag; 
Bags free. 
Standard Stock, by freight or express f. 0. b. 
Madison: Y pk., 80c; pk., $1.40; bu., $4.30; 10 
bu. at $4.20 per bu. Bags free. 
HAWKEYE SOY BEAN 
Developed from a cross made by Martin Weis 
when at the Federal Soy Bean Laboratory at 
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station be- 
tween Mukden and Richland. First released and 
distributed in 1948. It is adapted to the 115 to 
125-day corn areas. The plant is of medium 
growth and stands up well. About the same sea- 
son as Manchu 606 and a few days earlier than 
Mukden, but has a much stiffer straw. It out- 
yields the other earlies, being about equal to 
Lincoln, and the oil content of the beans is 
about the same, averaging about 20.06 per cent 
as compared with an average of 20.07 for Lincoln. 
Beans are yellow. 
Prices, by freight or express, f. 0. b. Madison: 
Certified Stock, bu., $4.75; sealed in 2 bu. bags, 
$9.40 per bag. Bags free. 
Standard Stock, by freight or express f. 0, b. 
Madison: 1% pk., 80c; pk., $1.40; bu., $4.30; 10 
pu. at $4.20 per bu. Bags free. 
FIELD SEEDS BY MAIL 
Reasonably large amounts of field seeds can 
be shipped by parcel post faster, and in many 
instances cheaper than freight or express. Check 
our postal rate chart on page 63, and include 
postage with your order if you want items not 
quoted postpaid shipped in this manner, 
OLDS’ FIELD BEANS 
KIDNEY BEANS 
DARK RED (60 to 90 pounds to the acre). 
Used in soups, chili, and salads. 
Prices, by mail: 1/4 lb., 35c; Ib., 55c; 5 Ibs., 
$2.20, postpaid. By freight or express f. 0. b. 
Madison: pk., $4.25; bu., $15.75; 5 bu., at $15.60 
per bu. Bags free. 
Michelite Navy Beans, 
NAVY BEANS . 
4, MICHELITE NAVY. An improved strain 
of navy beans. Very uniform in maturing and 
resistant to Mosaic and Bacterial blight. Very 
heavy producer. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.20, post- 
paid, By freight or express f. 0. b. Madison: - 
Pk., $2.10; bu., $7.80; 5 bu. at $7.65 per bu. 
Bags free. 
-and should not be pastured until it is at least twenty-four inches 
LINCOLN SOY BEAN 
Developed in IlJinois in cooperation with the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture and released a 
few years ago to the Central soy bean area. For 
seed it ranks high in oil, yields good, and is 
moderately stiff in stem. In Wisconsin it is rea- 
sonably dependable only in the Southern tier of 
counties when planted early. It can be used for 
hay in the south half of Wisconsin, Because of 
its high yielding qualities, where adapted, it is 
probably the leading soy bean for seed produc- 
tion. We consider it superior to the old Illini 
soy bean which we are discarding in favor of 
this variety. 
Prices, Standard Stock, by freight or express 
f. o. b. Madison: 1% pk., 80c; pk., $1.40; bu, 
$4.30; 10 bu. at $4.20 per bu. Bags free. 
A Planting of Soy Beans for Hay. 
ORDER EARLY 
FLAMBEAU SOY BEAN 
A very early high yielding variety developed at the Spooner 
Experiment Station and released about 1944. It was developed 
from one of a number of single plant selections in 1939 out of an 
early Russian variety. It will generally ripen wherever 80 or 
85 day hybrid corn will mature. Pods are set quite close to the 
ground, The peas have a black hilum similar to Manchu, but are 
somewhat longer and a portion has slightly wrinkled seed coats. 
The oil content is about 19 per cent. Not the most desirable as 
hay but probably the best variety to grow for seed in the North. 
Prices, by freight or express f, 0. b. Madison. Write for prices. 
POSTPAID SOY BEAN PRICES: 
1 Ib., any variety, 35c; 5 Ibs., $1.50, postpaid. 
Pa 
Eastern Experimental Station Soybean Field. Left, 
not inoculated; right, inoculated. Treat your seed with 
NITRAGIN costs only 10c a bushel. See page 61. 
SUDAN GRASS 
(Sow 35 pounds to an acre.) 
Sudan grass is primarily a hay grass but is widely used for late 
summer pastures when native grasses are less productive during 
the dry weather. It is a heavy yielding grass yielding up to two 
to four tons of cured hay per acre in one cutting in Wisconsin. 
The quality of the hay is better than millet. It can be sowed 
late, up to June 20 and is valuable as an emergency crop when 
earlier planted crops fail, Will withstand long periods of drought 
and is a good crop to use to smother Canada thistle and quack. 
After the hay crop has been taken off it makes a fine late pasture 
as it grows up again quickly, It is strictly an annual, dying at 
the end of the season. Price: Lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
By freight or express f. 0. b. Madison: 10 Ibs., $2.10; 100 Ibs., 
$18.00. Bags free. 
SWEET SUDAN 
A cross of a sweet disease resistant sorghum with .common 
Sudan made by the Texas Experiment Station. In the South it 
will probably replace common Sudan as it is more palatable to 
livestock, broader leaves, larger stems and makes a taller growth, 
stooling heavier than the common. Cattle will» eat it to the 
ground before touching the common Sudan. It is later maturing 
high as the sugar does not start setting below that height. 
Prices: Lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. By freight or express 
Sudan Grass. 
f. o. b. Madison: 10 lbs., $2.10; 100 lbs., $18.00. Bags free. 
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