Show Soy Bean Crop a Profitable One An Illinois farmer has given soy soybeans soybeans soybeans beans careful attention for three years past and his experience shows sh ws' ws that the crop is valuable wh where re properly pro used He pastured six acres of soy beans with young hogs A light ration of corn orn was f fed It was estimated that each bushel of corn produced ten pounds of pork When the gain in the weight from the corn fed figured on this basis was subtracted e total Id to to- to found that the thes the soy tal gain it found soy s beans produced pounds of pork an acre Hogs Bogs at the close of or the feedIng feed feed- feeding Ing season were wo worth t 6 a hundred pounds U L I IThe The last two seasons larger acreage acreage acreage acre acre- age of soy beans when fed in the same way have produced pork at the rate of over pounds per acre Careful estimates place th the average average yield of beans for three years years at abo about t twenty-five twenty b bushels an acre cre The price of soy beans averages and upward a bushel Therefore it II is evident that the crop is a profitable one when raised for the market Other valuable e features of the soybean SOy spy bean crop briefly mentioned are its power of adding to the nitrogen content content con con- tent of the soil when inoculated and of promoting the thrift and vigor the hogs bogs which spend a month or six six weeks tr trudging up and down the l long g grows rows rows industriously picking from the gro ground nd the little beans which have be been n shattered The hogs seem seem to enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy this exercise and how luxuriantly the corn grows the following year on the field which has received a bo bounteous ous store of nitrogen fr from m mt t the air ir irand and such a liberal coating of ot manure over every foot of its surface If the beans are to be pastured with hogs bogs they are ready f fort for r use use se when In about the condition of gard garden n beans or peas for the the table It At It h has been found to be good practice to to o i mow and haul and haul the beans to the hogs for ten days or two weeks in order to I gradually bring the drove up to f full feed When this has been done the hogs may safely be turned into the field field about a halt half ration of f I I corn cor t Soy beans are also a fine winter crop for hogs The crop when ripe can be harvested with a mower and hay rake if care Is exercised to m mow mow w wand and rake when the beans are damp thus preventing shelling Iowa Iowa a tEx tEx- Experiment Ex Station |