Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1917 — Soy Beans a Popular Crop. [ARTICLE]

Soy Beans a Popular Crop.

Soy beans are all the talk in many sections of Indiana, and where uien are not growing them they are watching the fellow who is. In a recent 300-mile tour of eastern Indiana and western Ohio, Edi-tor-Troeger, of Up-to-Date-Frammg, investigated the crop and methods being followed by farmers. Most farmers are sowing the beans m corn with the idea of “hogging” it down. This provides an ideal ration _ for pigs as the beans furnish protein in the most 'satisfactory manner and balance the fat-making elements of corn. / ——— —, Special bean attachments are benig used in a number of communi; ties, which make it possible to govern the sowing. There is < a good deal of guess work where the beans are mixed with earth and sowed through the fertilizer boxes. The bean attachment can be used at the same time that fertilizer and corn are put in. . When sown for hay or seed, the beans are drilled with a wheat drill, using the oats side and plugging up enough holes to plant the beans 28 to 32 inches apart. A farmer who produces a good crop of seed will reap a big profit for there is a great shortage and the beans are increasing fast in popularity. Soy beans improve the soil, also, and with fertilizers going up in price, we need to make use of every crop that we can that Will improve the fertility and physical condition of the soil.