Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1899 — The Soy Bean. [ARTICLE]

The Soy Bean.

Bulletin No. 73 from Purdue Experiment Station tells how to sow, cultivate and harvest the soy bean, a comparatively new and promising leguminous crop, useful especially where clover cannot be successfully grown. Only the earliest varieties should be used in this latitude to be safe from frost. It may be sown broadcast or planted same as corn, using about two pecks per acre if planted this way, or four to five pecks if sown for pasture, soiling cr hay. Soy bean hay compares favorably with clover for feeding stock. The seed is very rich in protein and can therefore be fed advantageously with corn. It should be ground before feeding. Stock eat the seed readily but do not relish the stems and leaves so well at first. The soy bean yields about 12 tons of green fodder to the acre, 1| to 2| tons of hay, and 10 to 20 bushels of seed, according to variety, condition of soil, etc.