THE SOY BEAN.
The soy bean has been grown experiment!!!.-, i-i t :is .-..intry. and ,t may be possible' when the plant i- thoroughly ti.e n,u-t --,!-.:.;,!.. variety has been made. that :; will be grown in quantity, at ,::;. rate in tile warmed districts of the Dominion. It Is a large bushy plant --.' -.'. I.:"; re lift high, maturing in bO to 1.'..", days. Am.-ri.an .■-.; .-:■'.■>,. c -!,ow- that it is easily grown, line and a-h.alf bushels in >a,lea .. or for seed at 4in distance ■: ir lis 2ft apart. The yield runs from __,""> to rifi bti-iie s per acre, and it i- eon--M.red that one bushel of the beans is worth two of maize for feeding purposes. ,it Ls better to grow the bean after a 1 nitro-renous crop S UC h as clover or ■ lucerne.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 11
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132THE SOY BEAN. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 11
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