A Member: Is it practicable to grow soy beans in this soil? Can they be gotten at a reasonable price, and can we mature them here?
Mr. Alway: They mature here without any serious difficulty. There are a great many different varieties. If you order them from a distant seed house you may get a variety that will mature in Louisiana but not in Minnesota.
A Member: How about cowpeas?
Mr. Alway: Cowpeas are disappointing thus far north. In Minnesota they are not nearly as satisfactory as the soy bean. In an unusually warm summer they are satisfactory.
A Member: With the soy bean do you have to plow in the whole of it?
Mr. Alway: Yes. The whole plant ought to be plowed under.
A Member: Would it be practicable to feed soy beans in an orchard?
Mr. Alway: Yes. You don't get quite the same benefit from the green manure when you pasture as when you plow under.
A Member: How about the hairy vetch? Does it grow here?
Mr. Alway: Yes. It grows here. It is not a bad crop at all.