Show AN AN ATTRACTIVE CROP I IThe I The high high prices or soybean which have mor some s-ome time doubt doubtless doubtless doubtless' doubtless less less' encourage the planting of in increase In- In Increase increase crease acreage this year ear to io what has I become a most important and attra- attra attractive I cash crop of American farm farm- I I I I i will grow I Icorn corn will grow can be planted as a early as corn or las as late as July Jul will stand drouth better ehan chan most gra I gra-I j ins ills arc free from deases and will grow in sour sour soil say sa the j I seed should be planted not more than two inches deep and the seed should be inoculated when planted where soybeans have not been bee b c e n grown rown I I Studies at experiment stations j i indicate that this highly highl profitable cash crop does not greatly deplete the soil in fact one university au- au thornty declares that where the crop is harvested with a combine there is a slight sli ht addition of nitro nitro- nitrogen nitrogen gen en to the soil Some leading grow grow- grower er report having heavy heavy- crops- crops on the same land year after year yea with no apparent deterioration in inthe inthe inthe the soil Farmers in many many sections of the dhe country especially especial in the Middle West Vest have come to lo look upon soy soy- soybeans soybeans beans as one of one Of most depend depend- dependable dependable dependable able and remunerative crops Much acreage formerly planted to corn oats and other crops is now being more profitably devoted to soy soy- beans This development is largely due luc lucto to the phenomenal increase in the phenomenal increase in the demand for soybean oil meal now cd as a most valuable protein in ingredient in- in ingredient of feeds for livestock and poultry Thus the outlook for the soybean grower rower is ig becoming more and nd more more n re favorable |