The farmer and mechanic., 1915-08-31

pay " al dpplICdllOll Ol DdIH-
yard manure or add sufficient cotton |
| seed meal, dried blood, fish scrap or
| other carriers of nitrogen to give the
| fertilizer mixture used on the beans
| one or two per cent Of nitrogen. Ordl- |
| narily from 200 to 400 pounds Of l s
per cent acid phosphate and % to so
pounds of muriate of potash will sup
| ply the necessary amount of phos-
| phoric acid and potash needed by this
! crop when grown on average soils in
| the eastern part Of the State. The
acid phosphate alone will generally be
sufficient to add on average soils in
| the Piedmont and mountain sections
which are not generally in need of
potash.
Seeding and Cultivation.
Soy beans may be seeded broadcast
with a drill or they may be put in in
rows. Where soWn for hay, soiling or
grazing, they should be broadcast or
put in with a grain drill at the rate
of one to one and one-half bushels
per acre, or if for seed, they should
be planted in rows &c to 40 inches
apart. putting about one-third of a
bushel of seed per acre and using a
corn or bean planter. The plants
should average two to four inches
apart in the row. In planting, the
seed should be covered from one to
two inches deep with a planter that
does not compact the surface, as soy
beans, especially, planted deep are
more subject to failure of stand than
, most any Of our other crops. The
planting should not take place until
, the land is fairly warm, a good time
, being just after corn planting has been
, finished. The soy bean may, how
= ever be sOwn earlier than the coWpea.
= When sown in rows, the cultivation
should be shallow, especially after the
= first one and should be sufficiently
thorough and frequent to keep down
q grass and weeds and to maintain a
good dust mulch.
Soy beans are particularly valuable
y in short rotations with small grains.
q The latter is removed in time in the
spring for the soy bean to be planted
: to make a complete growth before
+ frost. Particularly so, is this, in the
v Piedmont and Coastal Plain section OF
It the State. This crop may be used in
d place of cowpeas in almost any rota-
II ton which the farmers wishes to
e adopt. The soy bean does not seen
to benefit an Immediately succeeding
crop as much as does a crop Of cloves
a or cowpeas. They fit into a rotation
st for the Central and Eastern parts o.
e this State as would red clover in th'
v mountain section.
"a Soy Beans in Mixtures.
vi Experiments have demonstrated
d that this crop does we'll when sowl
= in mixtures with cowpeas, swee
l. sorghum, or millet. By sowing will
Y. sorghum or millet, the yield Of ha,
is is increased and the protein Of tn
Is soy bean balances the carbohydrate
e. of the sorghum and millet.
,e When soWn with corn, the entir
lie crop is either used for ensilage O
sr else for pasturage for stock. In SOW
Mt ing soy beans with cOWpeaS, the cla
ut Is a good variety Of peas with tn
le Mammoth yellow bean. as they vii
er practically reach the haying perio
10 at the same time when sOwn together
le Harvesting for Hay.
t. The harvesting should take plac
IN after the pods have begun to form
Is but before they are grown. If lei
MS until the pods are fully ripe the bean
W will shatter out badly, the leaves wi
10 fall off, and the stems will becom
Is. too woody for best hay There is
is rapid decline in the feeding value
of the stems as the plants approach ma
Id turity. In cutting, an ordinary NOV
or Ing machine with side delivery a
be tachment or self-rake reaper ma
ut generally be used with very satisfa,
or tory results. The vines should /
ell cured in the swath, winrow and coo
nd as Is generally done with cowpea
exercising care that the vines be e,
posed to direct sun light as little ;
re possible after they have wilted in tt
to sWath, in order to prevent the leav'
he from falling off. After willing, raj
'er into winrows and there allow to r
ng main for day or two after which,
ne, the weather has been favorable, tn.
10Y may go into cocks or piles and. be ca
IS ped. In good weather, they may
he into the barn after remaining in Il
lily cocks for about a week. In curin
an the best results are secured by II
m use of curing frames These shou
ow be so constructed as to admit of
es. thorough ventilation of air throus
ald the center of the pile. The pill
lit should be relatively high in propo
to ton to their diameter. Every preca
OIL ton possible should be taken in Gu
IN ing to save the leaves which are t
it most valuable parts of the plants f
lies feeding purposes. On good land.
rye yield Of from one to two tons o
Ex- acre should be secured.