The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19
THE SOFA BEAN.
A Plant That VIII BE in Use and
valued when the velvet Bean, So
Called. win BE Entirely Forgotten.

Called, VIII he Entirely Forgotten.
Mr.. Robert Norris in the Southern
Planter, SAYS:
There are TWO values to every kind of
feet--most farmers think of only one-the
feeding yalre and tie manure value The
feeding value determines the fertilizing
value; a food rich in feeding value, gives
Us a waste product rich in fertilizing quail
.tz
Il icing an accepted fact that the SOY
bean Is the richest vegetable or grain We
can grow Il follows taat che was e is the
most valuable. When this becomes better
known, and our farmers have an eye 10
tat ma nure heap, as Well as fat S ok, then
IL VIII ne that The SOY bean viii be
standard instead of a special crop. The
bean far excels the COW Dea in the dual ~
Of the manure to be made by feeding eth
er.
If intended for fodder, I find It best 10
plant in rows q inches apart, and pun on
seed OF the rate Of one bHshel per acre.
This gives many small branches and great
leaf growth.
For soy lean fodder let the beans get
into hard dough, a few pods turned a at
tle brown. Al tn.s ume no leaves have fall
Cut al this stage there is practically no
waste IN handing, and we save ali the
leafage-a very important thing in feed
A common binder cuts them very nicely.
Do not bind too Tight make small
Il.
There is so much oily matter in soy beans
they heat ard mould unless thoroughly
cured before putting into bulk.
let them STAND in the shock until the
seeds are hard and brittle. A very few
seeds may shell out, but the loss is small
and they are. good for the ground.
They can be cut with a moving ma
chine, or a table rake reaper. l use the
table rake on our farm, and let the bun
dies lay four or FIVE days, then double
up the bundles, turning ali the bundles
50 as TO get the bottom of the piles dry
This fodder is fed un hrashed to every
animal and fowl on the farm. In. this
way stock do not seem 60 notice the hard
ness of the seed.
1 am careful to have them dry when put
in the barn or stack. The COW pea can
be put up a litte green, but the bean, on
account of the oil in it, would mould
For planting l use corn planting tools
or grain drill. l do not think it best 10
sow SOY beans or COW peas broadcast
plant IN rows and run lever harrow over
them about twice. 1t kills the weeds and
stimulates the growth of beans.
This year / shall mix some soy beans
in with the COW peas we grow for cow
pea hay, 10 lift the vines up off the
ground.
| shall, also plant SOW beans and Eyanr
corn 20 cut when beans and corn are rine
or in condition for fodder To plant win
lSaftir corn or field corn we Ike the bean
the best. The vining habits of The nea
make it hard to handle.
l know of no farm crop that has such
infinite possibilities as the soy bean II
Is tlit AlipoA tNAtdlti oA# di laIll CfODS. has
so far. no insect enemies: Yields a eTaaGer
number of bushels of beans than corn: on
thin land 0n our section) its feeding value
is four times that of corn
The feeding tables show that clover bav
is worth Sll.20 a ton for feed and that
soy bean straw is worth $1140 inter he
seed is thrashed out. An acre Of SOW
beans viii make as much straw as a cron
of clover vii. on the same land While
this seed and roughness is being made he
INTERPRETATIONS are building lille no5ulae
of nitrogen on to the roots. and feeding
the land for the following crop