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 erop. The ground 
beans are considered better than oil meal for mixing with home grown grains to balance the 
Now with the 
dairy ration. 
BLACKHAWK SOY BEANS 
A new variety developed by the Iowa experi- 
ment station in the U. 8S. regional soybean lab- 
oratory, cooperatively, which is adapted to the 
105 and 110 day corn maturity belt. It has been 
tested in Wisconsin and the other North Central 
states. Plants are medium tall, stand up well and 
bear the pods well off the ground, Seeds are light 
yellow with buff to light brown hilum and are 
nearly round, Oil content, about 20.5%. Pro- 
duces good hay in the far north and is fine for 
late planting in the southern part of the state. 
Prices, by freight or express f. 0. b: Madison: 
Certified Stock, bu., $5.00; 10 bu. or more, $4.90 
per bu. Bags free. 
Standard Stock, by freight or express f, 0. b. 
Madison: 4% pk., 85c; pk., $1.50; bu., $4.50; 10 
bu. at $4.40 per bu. Bags free. 
MANCHU SOY BEANS 
Manchu is the best known variety of medium 
sized yellow soy beans in Wisconsin. It is me- 
dium early in season, early enough to fully ma- 
ture dry beans under ordinary conditions in 
southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois and 
large enough to be of real value, The dry beans 
mature in about 105 days, 
Prices, Standard Stock, by freight or express 
. 0. b, Madison: 1% pk., 80c; pk., $1.40; bu, 
$4.25; 10 bu. at $4.15 per bu. Bags free. 
POSTPAID SOY BEAN PRICES 
1 Ib., any variety, 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. 
OLDS’ FIELD BEANS 
KIDNEY BEANS 
DARK RED (60 to 90 pounds to the acre), 
The well known dark red kidney bean used in 
soups, chili, and salads. 
Prices, by mail: Y2 Ib., 30c; lb., 50c; 2 Ibs., 
90c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. By freight or ex- 
press f. 0. b. Madison: pk., $3.00; bu., $11.40; 
5 bu, at $11.25 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., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 Ibs., 
$1.40, pestpaid, By freight or express f. 0. Db. 
Madison: Pk., $1.95; bu., $7.20; 5 bu. at $7.05 
per bu. Bags free. 
HAWKEYE SOY BEANS 
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. 
Beans are yellow. 
Prices, Standard Stock, by freight or express 
f. o. b, Madison: % pk., 80c; pk., $1.40; bu., 
$4.25; 10 bu. at $4.15 per bu, Bags free. 
MONROE SOY BEANS 
First distributed in 1949 by the Ohio Experiment Station and 
the U. S. Regional Soy Bean Laboratory cooperatively. Adapted 
to the 100 and 105-day corn areas, also for late planting further 
south and for hay production further north. Plants are tall and 
quite resistant to lodging. The pods are borne well off the ground. 
Seeds are light yellow including the hilum, Oil content about 20%, 
Prices, by freight or express f. 0. b. Madison: 1% pk., 80c; pk., 
$1.40; bu., $4.25; 10 bu, at $4.15 per bu. Bags free. 
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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 eutting 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 Ibs., $1.75, postpaid. 
By freight or express f, 0. b. Madison: 10 Ibs., $2.10; 100 lbs., 
$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 
and should not be pastured until it is at least twenty-four inches 
high as the sugar does not start setting below that height, 
Prices: Lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. By freight or express 
f. o. b. Madison: 10 Ibs., $2.10; 100 lbs., $18.00, Bags free. 
PIPER SUDAN GRASS 
A new variety of Sudan Grass developed by the Wisconsin Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station and released in 1951, Compared with 
other varieties it yields more forage and is very low in toxic prop- 
erties. It has good disease resistance and the palatibility charac- 
teristic of sudan grass. Stalks are stiff when mature and will pro- 
duce high yields of good quality seed. After pasturing it shows a 
good regrowth. 
Prices: Unfavorable weather at harvest time has delayed ecerti- 
fication and testing of our Piper Sudan grass seed and we are un- 
able to quote prices now. If in the market for seed, we suggest 
you write us for prices. ; 
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