Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-22

riculture.)
AS hay as a pasture plant, as en-
silage with corn. as a green manuro
CROP and az a human food-ln all
these ways the SOY bean Is Valuaole
to the southern farmer. In general II
NAV be said that 1t will succeed IN the
United States wherever corn or cot
ton is cultivated, but it is especially
adapted to the cotton belt where tne
later and larger varieties. which give
Yields that make their extensive Gull
tiyation profitable, can be grown. NO
special labor or machinery is neces'
sarv and the ordinary farm equipment
will meet all the requirements OF the
crop. The high yield Of seed, the eA'
cellent quality Of its forage. the ease
of growing and harvesting it. and lts
freedom from insect enemies anu
nlant diseases, should all encourage
its planting.
The soy bean is an erect. rather
hairy leguminous plant which resem
bles somewhat the common neld OF
navy bean. 1t is also called the soJa
bean and the Manchurian bean and IL
China and Japan is grown extenslvel!
for human food as we'll as for forage
and green manure AS an article o
human food its USE should increase
in this country also, for 1t can be utll
lied in many different ways. Exec
lent results have likewise been OF
tanned when the seed or meal ia
heen substituted in the feeding ratlo
: for cottonseed or oil meal.
The soil requirements OF soy bean
are quite similar to those of corn, ou
the plants will make satlsfactor
growth on poorer soil than corn in
best results. perhaps. are obtained 0
medium loans, although clay an
l sandy soils may be made to produe
e good crops. The soy bean does NJ
r require a well-drained soil, although
II soil where water stands for a cons.
cradle length of time is not desiraD'
r Ia able to withstand a great
amount Of moisture, however, ina
either cowpeas or corn. The soy be;
| Is also decidedly drought resistan
\ much more so than the cowpea
\ Soil Preparation.
I Sow beans succeed best on a th'
! orshly prepared soil The land shou
he p|owed early and deep, fitted, a
| then narrowed at intervals until t
/ beans are planted. The young plal
i OF soy beans are not able to pu
/ their way through hard crust as
I corn and cowpeas. Thus, to insure
i good stand, the seed should nave
4 LIGHT covering Of loose. mellow SOIL
4 The use of commercial fertile
II is recommended where sandy SOIL
81 dominates or the soil is Of low fer
ity Where fertilizers are used g
results have been obtained oy us
a dressing of stable manure or wv
OF 900 pounds of acid phosphate ana
&C. mounds Of mur!ata Of potash. In,
in ire the commercial fertilizer 1t is
he to apply broadcast before the De
ust ara PLANTED Lime has been 10
in almost invariably to Increase
age yield
ter incubation.
ter Soy beans, like other legu1
'air when well iuoculated add much NJ
i'm. gen to the soil. Natural inocula
the now occurs quite generally thro
it'll out the soy bean region in the SO
and ern United States. In localities vi
also the crop has not been prevlo
t it grown however, it is advisable tt
DAD oculate. incubation may be
are certainly secured by applying
alu' from an old soy bean field, using
OF to 500 pounds Of soil to the acr'
by busting the seed with such
before sowing.
Seeding ard Cultivation.
o. Soy beans may be sown at
the time after danger Of severe fros
ards over. ranging from early spring
and midsummer In the cotton r.
road two crops of the early and me'
use early varieties can be grown in
the gle season by planting the hrst
ings As a rule, however. the late var
here are preferable in the South and 8
can he planted about the same tin
''1' corn.
Sow beans are grown either II
tivated rows or broadcasted. Dope
on the purpose for which the,
athy, grown. The row method 10 =
USE able in weedy land and usually
larger yields Of hay and prac'
always Of seed. The general pr
for seed production is the row
arket cd. 80 to 4S inches apart. Fo'
soiling, or green manure drill
broadcasted crop furnishes
quality of forage In rows. IT
edine to 30 pounds OF seed to the &C
feed required; when sown broadca
Ity o. drilled with an ordinary grain
inter-. BY covering the feed cups not
the distance between rows can
justed as desired. The cotton
should has also been found satlsfacto
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