The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-28

to 80 pounds Of seed to the c are
required; when sown broadcast or
drilled with an ordinary grain drill.
By covering the feed cups not In use
the distance between rows can be adE
justed as desired. The cotton planter
has also been found satisfactory for
use in planting large fields. For
small fields the ordinary garden drill
does well.
Under proper soil conditions soy
beans terminate in three to five days.
AS soon as the seeding plants appear
above the ground cultivation may be-
gin. Soy beans should receive at least
three civilizations.
Soy beans may be combined q d
vantageously in many systems OF crop
rotation. The cash value Of the seed
Is sufficient to encourage the growing
crops of the rotation. In the South
soy beans are adapted to practically
the same place in rotations as are
cowpeas. In soma localities a soy
bean crop is grown between two
| wheat crops and in other parts be-
tween two oat crops. Wheat, winter
oats, and winter barley may follow
soy beans. Where a whole. season
can be devoted to soy beans In the
South two crops Of early varieties
can be grown in place of one late va
riety. BY this practice. much larger
yields can be obtained where seec
production is the object.
Mixtures.
Gov hoono NOV he SATISFACTORILY
grown in combination with other
crops, thus ahording a greater variety
and a larger yield of forage. A mix
ture of soy beans and cowpeas makes
a very satisfactory hay. Soy beans
are more generally grown with corn
than with n other crop. When sown
in rows with sorghum or Sudan
grass they have given very good re-
suits.
Soy bean hay makes a very nutri-
tious feed and is relished by all kinds
of stock. The chief value of the hay
lies in its high content of digestible
protein. Feeding experiments indi-
cate that soy bean hay is fully equal
to alfalfa hay. The use OF this hay,
which can be grown on the farm,
/ SlOulu IC0uCC ~ 4NCSAAsJ
which it is necessary to purchase.
Soy beans may be cut for hay al
any time from the setting OF b seed
until the leaves begin to turn yellow
The crop is best fitted for hay when
the pods are we'll formed. Soy bean
hay is cured much more readily than
cowpea hay. The yields of hay range
from one to three tons to the acre
and occasionally -four tons to the acre
are cut.
The soy bean may often be utilized
to advantage for pasture for all kinds
!, Of stock, the most profitable method
perhaps, being to pasture with hogs
: supplementing the corn ration. o
| and soy beans may be grown together
and then pastured down. In this way
the crop is not only profitable in feed
: ing value but also in the increase o.
soil fertility due to the manure ant
refuse vines.
:. Soy Beans for soilins.
Among soiling crops the SOY bear
, has an important place. Having {
!. high protein value, the, crop may b.
fed to good advantage with less nitro
genous crops. such as corn. sorghum
, and millet. The great variation il
; the maturity Of the varieties make
[ it possible to have a succession o
forage throughout the greater part Q
the summer and fall.
r The use of soy beans alone as en-
silage is not to be recommended
Good results are reported where 80,
beans and corn are mixed, three part
of corr and one part OF soy beans. !
J filling the silo. This silage keep
> well, is readily eaten by stock, an
: the animals show good gains In fees
= or milk production.
: Soy beans have also proved q prof
! able crop when grown for seed, bu
= the industry has only been develope
. > in a few sections. Finally a valuabl
vegetable oil al be expressed fro4
. the bean and the cake that remain
!, fed advantageously to all kinds {