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Show Li-'- --' L. L .. . . . com. It has excellent drouth-resisting drouth-resisting qualities, and at the f-ame timo can withstand an excess of moisture better than the cow pu or even than corn. In Japan it is usually sown about the end of May and is cut for hay in August. The general methods of fulti.re are similar lo those given giv-en field beans. If t he crop is to be made into liay or silage the best time to cut it is when it is in full bloom or pods beginning to form. Under favorable circumstances 12 or ID tons of fresh fodder aro obtained ob-tained per ncre. In New England yields of 9 to 12 tons are reported. The green fodder has much the same composition as re d clover but is slightly lrgher in protein. The beans are almost as rich in protein and richer in fat than the best cottonseed cot-tonseed meal. Experiment at the Storrs Experiment Station show that soy bean hay compares well with clover and nlfnlfn lmv i,u in V " " l" digestibility. The beans have a very high percentage of digestibility. digestibil-ity. They contain five times as much digestible fat as ordinary wheat bran. In Jjipan the plant is highly valued as a nitrogen collector and is extensively grown in jotation with other crops to keep np the nitrogen. In some parts of the United States it has not formed root tubercles. There is said to be no other crop so fnpily grown that is so rich and can be used to such gocd advantage advant-age in conpounding feeding rations ra-tions as the Soy beans. In Japan various preparations of Soy bean supplement nee rs food for man, the deficiency of protein in rice being made up by the large supply oj it in Soybeans. There are many varieties of boy beans. The Medium Early Green or the Medium Early Black would be most likely to prove satisfactory in this section. Rural Northwest. SOY BEANJ. The U. S. Department ni; Agriculture Agri-culture has issued a farmer's bulletin bul-letin on tho Soy Bean as a Forage Crop, and Soy Beans as Food for Man. There-is very little general knowledge about Soy beans in this p rt of the United States. A few years ago it was advertised under variousnames at fancy prices as a substitute for coffee. The Bulletin says that it is a native of southeastern Asia and has been cultivated from very ancient times. It has only been introduced into other regions in modern times. It has been grown in this country in the houth for many years but has only received attention as a forage plant in the last fifteen years. The Soy bean requires about the same temperature as corn. The earlier varieties have been found in Europe to mature further north than the earlier varieties of corn. xVs a general thing the soy bean is not as easily injured by frot as 1 |