Evening journal., 1910-05-14
SOY-BEAN IS A
PROMISING CROP
Delaware Experiment Station
Advises Culture Of Pro-
duct and Reports
Best Varieties

NEWARK. Del, May 14-Delaware
Experiment Station has issued the fol-
lowing ;
"For the past three years the Della
ware Experiment Station has been
making extensive tests with the Soy
beans. a plant introduced several years
ago from Japan. From the results Sc
cured by the bulletin together
with the favorable reports from other
experiment stations and practical farm
ers in other States regarding the cul-
ture of this crop, it seems safe TO pre-
dict that the soy or SOFA bean will be-
come valuable crop wherever corn is
grown and hogs and cattle are.
The soybean is a legumc and. like
the cowpea. has a beneficial effect on
the soil where it grows. IL produces
a hay almost as nutritious as alfalfa,
while the seed has little more feed
ing value than oil meal. Thus far soy
beans have proved a valuable crop to
grow for seed as the supply has hard
ly equallcd the demand. AS to length
of growing season and the place in
crop rotations. the soybean is almost
Identical with the cowpea.
"Of thirteen varieties tested in 1907,
nine produced to 4 10 tons of hay
per acre OF q varieties tested for
seed production. II yielded from IS to
30 bushels per acre. Thirty varie-
ties were tested i'm 1908: twenty pro-
duced to IL tons of hay, and yield
| ed from 20 to SO bushels of seed. Forty
! varieties were grown In 1909; 80 pro-
| duccd 20 TO 40 bushels of seed per acre.
! on the same land with like treatment
| the best varieties Of cowpeas produced
! tons of hay per acre and yielded li
bushels OF seed.
"Soybeans are adapted to a. wide
range Of soils and may be grown In
any part of Delaware. Land that viii
| grow corn win produce a good crop Of
soybeans Tho richer the soil the larger
/ the yield Of forage though not always
Of seed. a crimson clover sod or land
which has had a dressing of stable
manure the previous year is an excel
lent preparation for the crop. on mos
soils in lower Delaware an application
Of 200 pounds per acre of the following
fertilizer mixture is recommended: IS
pounds acid phosphate. 40 pound
muriatc of potash. Soils i'm good stat
of fertility or to which manure ha
been occasionally applied do not usuait
require incubation.
prepare the land as for corn an
SOW about ten or twenty days after tn
usual time for planting corn.
: II intended for hay. SOW with an ordi
a nary wheat drill as for wheat, usin
about 1 II bushels per acre. Sow
q In this manner the plants soon cove
o. the ground and no cultivation is neces
sary Cut whom the lower leaves Doe
- gin TO turn yellow. Cure with as III
81 tie handling as possible. When part
@ ally cured they may be thrown iri
small cocks and allowed to finish Gun
ing there If seed is the object, dri
. i'm rows 80 to 40 inches apart. Tl
wheat drill answers nicely for this pm
pose. as the distance between rows ca
be adjusted as desired by stopping q
proper feed per acre will be require
= when drilled in rows. Cultivate thr
Z or four times as for corn. keeping Il
d surface soil we'll stirred and level. c
when the leaves have turned yello
Is The threshing may be done with Z
r ordinary grain separator or. II Z
quantity is small. failed out.
n while large number Of varieti
j. is known and have been tested by I
various Experiment Stations, there a
Is but few varieties on the r'arket. T
best known of these are the. Medit
e. Green. Ito san. and Medium Yello
IN Wilson and Black Beauty
"The Experiment Station has no SO
le beans for sale. but will gladly furni
any further information in regard
n growing the crop. Address A.
Ne Grantham. Agronomist, Delaware E
pertinent Station"