The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-01
VELVET BEANS.

iorti9 of-iha. thought ana the aften.
tion Of every farmer in Glynn county.
We haze been making an effort to in.
ist npon the farmers the use and the
value Of the velvet bean and the splen-
ldid production from our Florids con,
Temporary is in line with our sugges.
hons 50 Often ulAda Is Ehsus;
FOR the hrst tiiue Il Ias / question
among the agricuIturalists Of this state
gbat aal pemost lEprSfilable iesilfq
nous crop that could be raised?4 TT
IS er@ryBhers sOneeaed that r.
gain4nbA growghA should succeed reg.
Iular crops in order that the increase
ip aammonis thereby enge1dered
should add vitality to the soil.
For q long time COW peas held che
FIRST place IN the choice Of the farmers
for such crop. But only q few years
since it wes discovered that the velvet
beans which grew SO Iuzurialftly over
the porches of the houses, possessed a
high value as stock feed. Then there
was a wide acclaim among the farm.
! ers Of gErula." Groves and vacant
lands were sown with the seed Of the
yelyet beans. But there were found to
g objections to this really wonderful
Igrowths 1T was claimed by some Of
| he grove owners that they sweigs 4
fuitful source Of Insects that infested
their orange groves and injured the
Itrees; But others took up the subject
land showed that instead OF producing
lthesinsects they AFFORDED protection
lin drawing the insects from Tie trees
to feed oP their succulent Leaves
| They certainly afforded The deep
shade by their vigorous growth for the
lgeneration Of the needed ammonia fox
Itthe soil and for the orange trees. 81
stock food they easily took the lea /
land have maintained it, both for cattle
land hogs. The small amount Of labor
required Ia the raising Of an abundant
crop on poor soil and the Improvement
iof the soil at the same time commendg
themiat once tothe practical, farmer.
llt has been demonstrated that one
acre q beans II gathered and stalI
FED TO the cattle after being ground
will fqtten six head Of cattle.
The object Of grinding the beans is
twofoid, first that the sharp trtansll.
aF edges would not puncture the ahtes.
tines Of the cattle which was shown
to be the case with beeyes afattened on
the unground seed, Again they were
fonndto be more easily digested when
grouhi and the fat producing proper.
Tues more readily assimilated than
when fed even after being soaked in
water 70 soften the hulls and seed.
But IN actual practice It was found to
take SO much time to attend to stall
fed cattle that it became the custom
to'turn the cattle into the velvet bean
lfeid and here " was found that even
in,thiss way ope, acre Of beans would
fatten three head OF cattle. Then the
hogs were turned into the bean field
land several hogs would be fattened
from the beans that had been trodden
into the ground BY the cattle which
lpreceded them.
The beef thus made was found to
be Of the finest quality, But The pork
was not in such strong favor The
pork instead Of being red like corn
fed pork is OF the spalest white aud
! less firm OF texture and does not cure
SO well. But for immediate use is
sweet and juicy clean looking and pal,
| atabe.,s@s hyss 8s.4 ~
The more extensive growing of these
velvet beans Is bound 70 add greatly to
the amount of meat raised in the state
and Of course 70 the wealth Of the
country. 1t should finally place Flori-
Ida beyond the grasping greed Of the
TRUSTS 81 the north and west.
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