The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03
FEEDING VALUE OF sovsEAhs.

Soybeans are valuable feed for cat
tie, hogs aud sheep. The seeds are
very rich in protein and fat, usually
carrying from 20 to 80 per cent protein
and from 10 to IL per cent fat. They
rank with cottonseed meal and oil
meal in these two respects. Ground
! sOybean meal is said to be good prot
elm concentrate to mix with farm
grains in dairy rations. '..
l believe the principal uses in Craw.
ford county for this crop would be, as
Q hog pasture for hogging down pur-
poses and as hay crop. For pasture
the Iowa experiment station has the
following to say: iowa pastures are
often short in the dried portions Of the
summer and early fall. Under such
conditions soybeans may furnish &C.
ceptable pasture. 1t appears, however.
that they furnish more desirable
pasture for hogs and sheep than for
other livestock. SOybeans dropped in
the hill with corn and logged down or
pastured with sheep have given salts!
factory results in some instances. Az
tersa hard frost soybeans usually drop
their leaves nthe course ut two or
three days. This crop should then be
pastured with sheep. horses Or cattle
before heavy frost appears. When the
beans are pastured with hogs, prac.
tically the entire crop is saved. The
hogs seem to do bestswhen pasturing
on beans that are ripe enough to shat
ter, Is they clean up all shattered
beans. The Ito San variety skaters
readily and is recommended above all
others for hog pasture" o....
AL = dairy feed, ground soybeans
are considered superior to cottonseed
meal. gluten and all such heavy prot
Elm feeds. They will also replace q
certain amount OF oil meal In the "a.
tion. They are said to impaft poor
quality to butter made from milk nom
cows getting too much of them, and
care must be exercised in feeding this
ground soy product.
As hay crop they make very val.
liable hay and are, when properly
cured, readily relished by all farm ami.
mails. The crop possesses very high
feeding value-fully equal to alfalfa
and somewhat superior to clover.
y The Iowa experiment station. report
ing their hog feeding trials says:
when the pods turn yellow, the hogs
were turned in and left to harvest the
crop. On account of the newness OF
the crop the hogs did not take kindly
to them-in q day or two. however,
they ate beans readily and made good
galna The first frost opened the re.
manning pods and let the seeds drop
ont nn.t tho ground. The pigs followed
up their harvesting closely and ate
every Sean in sight-there was not
particle of waste anywhere. In our
state they have proven valuable when
grown with corn and the entire crop
hOgged down. 1t is not unusual to
have pigs ON soybeans and corn gain
IL pounds daily. In one of our trials
an acre of soybeans and corn produced
GIG pounds Of pork"
In the United States much attention
has been given to the planting and
adaptations of pure strains OF soy
beans. There are now handled by
growers and seedsmen about rs i'm
proved sorts. The department OF ag'
riculture has tested out over 1000 in.
from different parts of the
orient and the majority Of these are
much inferior to the best American va
rieties. OF the numerous lots of i'm
ported seed tested by the department.
uCdIly Oil AoSc OCcu AOuAu AOAo W
less mixed. 1t is often impossible to
the varieties from seed col
or alone, and 1t may happen that
single lot of this seed will produce
two or more varieties differing widely
In maturity. The farmers are urged to
plant only seed of the American grown
varieties, even though at higher prices
than that of the imported seed. Seed
Of the most generally grown varieties
Is still available, and information as
to sources OF these may be had on
to the department. OF agri.
culture or state experiment stations.
CITY MAN GOING BACK TO FARM.
Hoard's Dairyman tells the follow
ing III Its editorial column: