Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-08


beans had previously been grown
over land that had not been in soy
beans.
With dairy cows, soy bean meal
takes the place of linseed meal, being
somewhat richer in protein, laxa-
tive feed, and softening the butter
fat. Not over 8 pounds per day
should be fed to a cow, and the soft
ening effect on the butter may be
overcome by giving feeds having the
opposite tendency, such as corn,
kaffir corn, and cottonseed meal.
In the fall of 1898 this station
bought Of farmers 60 ordinary stock
hogs of mixed breeding. The gains
per bashel of feed in fattening these
hogs were:
Pounds.
Kafir corn meal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs
Kafir corn meal four-ffths, soy bean meal
one-hfth. .......................... 1910
The soy bean is an erect-growing
plant, II to 81 feet in height, with
stiff stem, having branches thickly
covered with pods. Cold weather
hinders it's growth, and for this reason
it is not best to plant until the mid
die of May; and if the rainfall is
sufficient planting may be made as
late as July l. The ground should
be in good tilth, and the weeds thor
oughly killed just before planting
Plant in drills, the rows 81 to AZ
inches apart, dropping seeds 2 inches
apart in the row. One-half bushel
of seed per acre is required. Guilt
vate as for corn, using small shovels
On the cultivator. and being careful
not to ridge the ground. When the
pods turn brown, cut either with q
self-rake reaper or with a-common
cultivator rigged up with two hor;-
Zontal knives bolted to the inner
shaRks. Put the stalks in cocks,
where they should be kept until
cured. Thresh with common thresh-
ing machine. Run slowly and use
all blank concaves The beans may
be fed whole or ground.
We believe the soy bean is worthy
Of trial in all parts of this state,
and that the trial should not be made
on less than an acre; five acres would
be better. Hundreds of people have
tried planting quart Of seed, with
the result that grasshoppers and rab-
bits harvested these small patches.
THE SPRING CANKER-woRM
The adults of the canker worms
are moths. The female is without
wings, and is of a brownish gray col
or, with black band along the mid
die of the back of the abdomen. She
might easily be taken for spider
In early spring the adult moths
emerge from their cocoons in the
ground. During the day the males
may be found resting on the barks
of the trees. At the approach Of
evening they are seen flying about
the trees in large numbers. The
female moths are without wings, they
make their way to some trees, up
which they make their ascent to de-
posite eggs.
The eggs of the moth are oval
shaped, yellowish with pearly lust
er, and are deposited in irregular
masses or clusters in fruit spurs or at
the base Of the large branches.
Upon Matching out from the eggs,
the young larvae or caterpillar leaves.
The small caterpillars are ravenous
eaters and as they increase in size their
destructive work becomes more notice.
able.
When full grown the caterpillar
abandon the trees, either by crawling
down the trunk or by letting them.
selves drop by means of silker
threads. Upon reaching the ground
they work their way into it for a few
inches, where they construct cocoons
in which they pass into the pups
state. They remain in this state til
the following spring. when the emerg.
as adult moths.
To combat the canker- worm, spra,
the infested trees with arsenical poi
sons, such as Paris green or Londor
purple, at the rate of one pound o
the poison to $50 to 200 gallons OF
water. he mixture should b.
thoroughly stirred while the applica
tion is being made. All the leaves o
the trees should be reached by tn
poison. If rains should follow SOL
after the application has been made
spray the trees over again. Do no
delay the spraying till the caterpillar
are fully grown; for by this time the
damages has been done. Spray a
soon as the caterpillers make thei
appearance
}, An economical measure is to entral
the female moths, which. as stated be
: fore, are wingless and depend upol
crawling in order to reach the uppe
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