The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-15
news and Uiews For 5arn1ers
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HlmHMHM MIHIE ffMaIE 1HDMmH maHMRW II give this plan hoping that 1t may do some one some good.
 l Yours truly.
 G. T. s.
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 Soy Beams.
 Southern Planter
 We have recently had several inqui- ries as to the yield of soy beans in fodder and grain. and as to the pro- priety of substituting this crop for the cowpea crop to considerable extent now that cowpeas are so much more costly than was formerly the case We have always been strong advocates of the soy bean as a forage and grain crop. and see no reason whatever. to change our opinion. The longer we have experience with it, the more 1t comments Itself to us. The hay made from the crop is large in yield and most nutritive in character. and when grown for the beans, the fodder is readily eaten @by stock, and they do we'll on 1t whilst the yield of beans s good and will do better when we have got one or two of tho most prolific anu early varieties thoroughly accllmated. Men are at work bringing this about
 
 what we want. Discussing this mat ter with pr. W. c. Stubbs, of Giouces- ter county, Va, recently he told us that last year he grew thirty-two acres of soy beans on his plantation in Gloucester. On this field he made over 100 tons of crop. From this he threshed out 800 bushels of beans. After the crop had been removed from the Held he turned on to it a large S1. weeks, and they cleared up every par ticle of the crop left and every bean shattered, and came of the land In fine condition the hogs being practt- Ically fat This yield of beans Is at the rate of twenty-five bushels to the acre We have known thirty bushels made. but only on e small area We believe that after we have got just the soy bean we waht for this lati- tude. thirty bushels per acre will be a normal yield, and this will be made on land which would not make over twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre and that without the use of any fertilizer on fairly fertile land. The soy bean is also an improveF of the land, belonging as it does. to the legumes and hence its growth Is to be encouraged. As a feed for stock of all kinds, the beans are very valua-
 
 tion Of any of the leguminous crops Hogs fed on a mixed grain ration of soy beans and corn make gains much faster than when fed on corn alone
 Horse Collars.
 It Is seldom, If ever. that the nec& fand shoulders of any two horses arc exactly the same in size and form. and the collar that fits horse early i'll the spring when he is fat, hangs loose- | m h. ern Cultivator.
 Many farmers make the mistake of interchanging horse collars, regardless of the fact that it is the best way to produce shoulder gals. Every horse should have his own collar. fitted up closely on the sides, top and bottom. Loosely fitting collar or carelessly ad- justed names work great mischief with horses shoulders.
 Now 1t Is about time for farmers to begin active spring work. 1t would be well for them to give their horse collars personal attention, instead of leaving this work entirely to the hired help As collars are made over a last while in Q thoroughly wat condition. why would 1t not be well to fit them to the horses necks in the same way? This can be done by selecting a col- lar nearest the size required and al- lowing 1t to soak in water over night. In the morning 1t is put on and drawn up closely with the hame strap. With moderate working for a day or two the collar becomes set" fitting the neck and shoulders perfectly. This should be done not only to the new collars. but every spring the old ones should bo treated the same way, for the col lars that fitted the end of the fall sea- son. when the horses were thin. will | tight n farmers soak and fit their collars in this fashion two or three times throughout the season, keeping them fitted to the horses as they become worked down in flesh, with the result that their shoulders are always in good condition.
 The proper adjustment of the names. so as to distribute the draft, Is of great importance, and in each case must be fixed. according to the con formation of the horse. When prop erly arranged there will be no weav- ing back and forth of the tops of the } names as the horse walks. This is an indication that the draft is too near the shoulder points. and with every : motion the collar is kept twisting un- l til the shoulders, or the top of the neck, or both, are injured.
 Badly adjusted collars are often the : cause of balky horses. Without doubt, they suffer unmerlted i'll treatment, and much of their abuse Is traceable directly to this trouble. The horse is l mans best friend. and nothing short of a perfectly fitting collar. such as h5 } justly deserves should satisfy hIs owner.
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