. Everything for the garden : 1906 . ten to twenty tons of greenfodder per acre, or 20 to 40 bushels of Beans. It is a valuable leguminous plant for the farmer and dairy-man for either green or cured fodder or grain. It is especiallyvaluable for ensilage in combination with fodder corn orJapanese Millet, thus furnishing a complete balanced rationwith an agreeable aromatic flavor, and is greedily relished bycattle. It increases the milk and butter and fattens thestock. The grain is also exceedingly nutritious, ranking,when ground, even higher than cotton seed or linseed mealfor feeding cattle,
. Everything for the garden : 1906 . ten to twenty tons of greenfodder per acre, or 20 to 40 bushels of Beans. It is a valuable leguminous plant for the farmer and dairy-man for either green or cured fodder or grain. It is especiallyvaluable for ensilage in combination with fodder corn orJapanese Millet, thus furnishing a complete balanced rationwith an agreeable aromatic flavor, and is greedily relished bycattle. It increases the milk and butter and fattens thestock. The grain is also exceedingly nutritious, ranking,when ground, even higher than cotton seed or linseed mealfor feeding cattle, hogs and other stock. 3 lbs. of Soja Beanmeal added to the grain ration of milch cows produces a richmilk. Soja Beans are great soil enrichers, adding humus and fix-ing nitrogen from the air. The seed may be planted as soonas the soil is warm—a little later than corn— in rows 30inches apart, 6 to 8 seeds to the foot, requiring 3 pecks peracre. (See cut.) Price, 10c. lb., pk., $ bush, (of 60 lbs.); 10 bush., $
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