Show GOOD LEGUME HAY VERY ESSENTIAL soy beans can be used in emergency for cows legume hay Is 13 practically a necessity in producing milk at the lowest possible cott cost asserts C L blackman extension specialist hillst in dairying for the lie ohio state university and the hie dairy farmer aiho fears that lie fie will run ab chort 0 rt of clover or alfalfa hay for tits his lied herd need not dot be without a good legume liny hay soy beans can be used in on an emergency to supply the necessary legume tiny liay says blackman if the beans are re owed early in june or immell tel after corn planting they will usually be rendy ready to cut the latter p part of august it Is important that they be sown early in order to he be ready for cutting at tills this time so soy y beans sowed bowed too late and cut too late may provide either a poor quality of hay or none at nil they male make liay hay which Is sufficiently valuable to justify the dairy bartner in arranging liis his farm work so go as to sow them when they should be sown soy siny liean heart liar hay Is one of the most palatable hays bays for dairy cattle and ls Is practically equal in feeding value to alfalfa nl ni falfa faira which whick Is the perfect tiny hay for the dairy lierd herd the T he soy beun bean hay bay carries approximately the same amount of protein and mineral matter as alfalfa but cows do not eat it up quite nuite as clen cleanly tily as they eat up alfalfa because of the coarser stems early sowing anil and cutting reduce the amount of waste agte due to tills |