. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 815. Soybean [Olycine hispida). are cream or yellowish white, green, black, and shades of brown. The soybean in the United States is used for the same purposes as the cowpea, and possesses the following advantages over it: (1) Being erect and without runners, the for- age does not tangle. (2) The seeds are removed by threshing and not by hand-picking, since the seeds usually do not split so easily in threshing. (3) After falling on the ground, soybeans re- main sound longer than cowpeas, thus giving a longer season for hogs to subsist
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 815. Soybean [Olycine hispida). are cream or yellowish white, green, black, and shades of brown. The soybean in the United States is used for the same purposes as the cowpea, and possesses the following advantages over it: (1) Being erect and without runners, the for- age does not tangle. (2) The seeds are removed by threshing and not by hand-picking, since the seeds usually do not split so easily in threshing. (3) After falling on the ground, soybeans re- main sound longer than cowpeas, thus giving a longer season for hogs to subsist on the field in the fall. (4) Certain varieties of soybean mature earlier than cowpeas, and are thus better suited to the northern states. (5) Soybeans give larger yield of grain than do cowpeas. (6) The grain, or seed, is much more valuable for stock-feeding than that of the cowpea. In general, in the North and West the soybean is preferable for grain and the cowpea for hay, but in the South both may be regarded as hay plants as well as grain plants. The soybean, how- ever, is not usually considered as valuable as the cowpea as a hay or forage plant or for use as a catch-crop, since sometimes it is less productive of forage and has less adaptability to various condi- tions such as wet or dry land, or poorly prepared seed-bed. Rabbits are also very fond of feeding on the soybean and it is impracticable to plant this. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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