New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-07-15
SOY BEANS.
Bv Harry -. Wilson.

10y iidi -. w liS'i.
I'm this age Of progress. where
opportunities are constantly flash
cd upon MS. we must be on the
alert to seize always the best IN
sight.
in 1898 indigo was the chief
crop of this section of the country
A1eping at sevcnty-five cents per
pound. hut cotton made its appear
ancc among the farmers and at
four dollars per hundred Ono gins
at that time being thought of was
considered more rcmunerative. and
it slowly increased until the gin
was invented. and then it became
the great crop Of the South. over
shadowing all others to such an
extent that the One-crop system
became baneful. and it is now a
recognized fact that diversity is
the farmers slogan that should be
sounded all over our Southern
land it is the shibbOlcth' that
will open the doors to prosperity.
but selections for diversified crops
should be seriously considered.
The soil and climate are factors
that should not be overlooked /;
sthc adaptability to Southern cul-
tivation would be another consid-
Grafton, and now, after eight years
actual observation. after a careful
examination into it's merits. we un-
hesitatinRly recommend SOY beans
as one crop that should occupy a
prominent place on every farm in
the State of Louisiana.
II is practically companion to
cotton; its similarity in culture is
its first recommendation, and we
trust that it will not he long be-
fore. it is known as one of Louisi-
IN 4 great staple crops.
e introduction Of anything
/, ne) Wis sometimes attended by slow
growth. Sugar cane. for instance,
was first introduced by the Jesuit
Fathers into Louisiana in 1851,
and no real developments took
place until fifty years after, and
today it is grand among our agri-
cultural interests.
Rice. too. slowly travelled along
rs a small adjunct to our other
products until Southwest Louisi-
ana forced it into our first lines.
Thus we see that it took the in
vention Of the gin to place cotton
upon its proper pedestal; the
crushing rollers of the mill was
the first key to unlock the doors
of the worlds great storage Of
sweetness; and irrigation placed
rice M one Of the great products
of Louisiana 8 soil. but all these
developments took time and study,
hut in recommending SOY beans no
such delays are necessary for be-
sides the great feeding qualities of
this product the cotton seed oil
mills. with only few small
q Ranges, are ready to convert into
MI meal.
The oil mills Of North Carolina
have already begun to crush the
soy beans. have this season crushed
over a hundred thousand bushels.
making 2.4OO tons of meal and
94.5OO gallons Of oil.
The average extraction from y
ton Of como seed is about 500
nounds Of meal. 800 pounds Of
hulls. 80 to 40 gallons Of oil and
20 pounds Of linters. From SOW
beans 1000 to 100 pounds Of
meal are procured. and Is to 40
gallons 1T oil made. The aver
a-c yield Of cotton seed per aere
II from one-eigth to one-onarter
ton. whereas. the beans Weld from
q 70 80 bushels ner acre. The
cotton stalk is valucless as feed
ard expensive to vet rid If. while /
che soy bean vine Yields abort |
one ton per acre Of feed that is |
equal to wheat bran or alfalfa. |
Cation takes FROM Tho soil while
ms add to its fertility.
VI we ston mcmcnt and thin |
'Of cotton seed. the desnised no.
.lrct which the inherently If M.
vas strenuorslv used 10 get rid !
~. when we think Of the enviaa
looks IT maav owners of Gins
rhen they found a neiehbor hpa
ncated upcn running stream i
md had the double satisfaction
Ia possessing cheap motive pov-e~
d y the sasQe time COTTON rid |
eot nniianco " dumpin9