. The Maule seed book for 1905. ^1^.^ AFIELD OF Velvet Beans ^?:^.m>: ^ -^Lj^. A FIELD OF VELVET BEANS (Engraved from a Photograph.)96 SOJA OR SOY BEAN. ALSO KNOWN AS GERMAN COFFEEBERRY. Year by year I hold this leguminous plant Inhigher agricultural value and importance. Itis of upright bush form, attaining a height oftwo to four feet, and of great vigor. It is moresturdy than the cow pea, and has even greaterlirought resisting qualities. It is very rich inthose elements (protein, etc. 1 which give theclovers their high feeding value. It was for atime, and is still, sold under the name of
. The Maule seed book for 1905. ^1^.^ AFIELD OF Velvet Beans ^?:^.m>: ^ -^Lj^. A FIELD OF VELVET BEANS (Engraved from a Photograph.)96 SOJA OR SOY BEAN. ALSO KNOWN AS GERMAN COFFEEBERRY. Year by year I hold this leguminous plant Inhigher agricultural value and importance. Itis of upright bush form, attaining a height oftwo to four feet, and of great vigor. It is moresturdy than the cow pea, and has even greaterlirought resisting qualities. It is very rich inthose elements (protein, etc. 1 which give theclovers their high feeding value. It was for atime, and is still, sold under the name of Ger-man ColTee Berry, but its true sphere is that ofa forage plant and soil enricher. It is one ofthe most promising new crops now before theAmerican dairyman, and I recommend a uni-versal trial of it. The Soja bean is a native of-Asia, and is largely used for human food It has been in this country a numberof years, but its superlative virtuesare just be-?eiiining to be realized in our are many varieties of the Soja^bean, andNorthern planters shou
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