Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

'esssO Wto0tB0tPRts
to 30 pounds of seed to the acre 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 ad-
1usted 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
Deans terminate In three to i've 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 i'd
vantageously in many systems of crop
rotation. The cash value of the seed
ID sufhcient to encourage the growing
OF these beans a. one of the main
crops Of the rotation. In the South
soy beans are adapted to practically
the same place in rotations a. are
cowpeas. In some localities . soy
bean crop II 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 . 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 seed
production 10 the object
Mixtures.
Soy beans may be- satisfactorily
grown In combination with other
crops. thus affording . greater variety
and q larger yield Of forage. A. mix
ture Of soy beans and cowpeas makes
very satisfactory hay. Soy beans
are more generally grown with corn
than with any other crop. When sown
In rows with sorghum or Sudan
grass they have given very good re-
suits.
Soy bean hay makes . very nutri-
tious feed and IL relished by all kinds
Of stoct. The chief value Of the hay
lies in it, high content Of digestible
protein. Feeding experiments indi-
cate that soy bean hay 10 fully equal
to alfalfa hay. The use Of this hay.
which can be grown on the farm.
should reduce the quantity Of feed
which It 10 necessary to purchase.
Soy beans may be cut for hay ct
any time from the setting Of the seed
until the leaves begin to turn yellow.
The crop 10. best fitted for hay when
the pods are well formed. Soy bean
hay II 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 utilised
10 advantage for pasture for all kinds
of stock. the most profitable method.
perhaps. being to pasture with hogs,
the corn ration. Corn
Ind soy beans may be grown together
Ind then pastured down. In this way
he crop 10 not only profitable in feed
ng value but also In the increase Of :
'oil fertility due to the manure and
'efuse vines.
Soy Beans for sollIns.
Among soiling crops the soy bean
las an important place. Having .
Ugh protein value, the crop may be
ed to good advantage with less nitro
yenous crops. such a. ccrn. sorghum.
md millet The great variation in
he maturity Of the varieties makes
possible to have q succession Of
orage throughout the greater part Of
he summer and fall.
The use Of soy beans alone a. en-
ilage IL not to be recommended.
hood results are reported where SOY
'eans and corn are mixed, three parts
4 corn and one part Of soy beans. In
Hing the silo. This srage keeps
Tell. is readily eaten by stock. and
be animals show good gains In flesh
r milk production.
Soy beans have also proved a profit.
BILE crop when grown for seed. but
be industry has only been developed
, q few sections. Finally q valuable
egetable oil can be expressed from
be bean and the cake that remains
ID advantageously to all kinds OF
We stock.