The Springdale news., 1917-05-18
FEEDING The ARMY
4 PATRIOTIC DUTY
The Nation Needs Food ana FORAGE
Crops--sarmers should Plant plen-
;ifu!ly of Ali the Food Crops.
l.. W Osborn. Agricultural Exper.
ment Station. University of
Arkansas.

L. w. Osborn, Agricultural Expert
ment Station. University of
Arkansas.
Remember, Mr.. Farmer that In tn.s
national crisis YOU are expected to
raise enough food and feed 10 take
care of your family and the livestock
on your farm. In making your
plans you should raise the cross
which will give you the great
est returns per acre not only in
money, but IN food value. Do
not forget to plant such crops as corn,
cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans, pea
nuts, Sudan grass, sorghum, etc. 81
this time it will pay you to give par
ticular attention to the soy bean
Soy Bean Has Many Uses.
AS marketable crop the possibili-
ties of the soy bean are immense. The
forage, when cut as the pods are well
formed, lis palatable and nutritious
for all classes of live stock. 1t is
well known that the supply of
linseed oil. which in tlte past
has been the chief oil used in paint
manufacture, is limited and variable
Soy bean oil can be substituted either
partially or entirely for certain more
expensive oils in the manufacture OF
paints, enamels, varnishes and soaps.
The oil can also be used to make edi-
bic salad OIL and as a butter substi-
tute. The soy bean meal which is the
by-poduct from she seed after the oil
is expressed, can be used for fertiliz-
ers or as concentrate to feed live
stock or for -four to use for human
consumption. Soy bean meal contains
even more protein than is found in
cotton seed meal.
Adapted to Many Soils and
Conditions.
The soy bean is a legume and conse
quently when grown upon a properly
inoculated soil will increase the nitro
gen content of the soil. Al the same
time the crop is a convenient one TO
place in a crop rotation. 1t grows
and thrives during the hottest sum
mer weather. II is we'll adapted
to various types of soils and con
ditions, and different varieties are
successfully grown under the same
climatic conditions as corn.
Seed Bed Should Be Well Prepared
The seed bed should be we'll pre-
pared for soy bean seed and can be
sown any time after severe frosts arc
over until about July /. Earlier seed
ings usually produce a heavier growth
OF foliage and require longer growing
season. Even the later varieties show
marked ability to adjust themselves
to a shortened growing season when
seeded late.
Best Varieties For Seed Production.
Variety of soy beans vary in time
of maturity, in color and size of seed
and in growth characteristics Nu-
merous varieties are in existence, but
only about fifteen are handled com
mereially by seeds men The following
are among the more important varie-
ties especially suitable for seed pro.
duction.
Mammoth yellow soy bean is
standard commercial variety grown
more extensively than any other N
Arkansas. The variety yields well or
both grain and forage. II is one OF
the latest varieties in time OF ma
turity
The Habelandt soy bean is similar
in appearance Of seed, but is some
what earlier than Mammoth The va
riety is satisfactory for grain produc-
ton, but does not produce as luxur-
liant growth for hay. 1t is advisa-
Bile where an earlier variety than
Mammoth is desired.
There are other varieties which are
very suitable for seed and forage pro-
duction. but which are not 80 com
monty grown. Certain varieties. such
as the Virginia, Arlington. Wilson aud
Picking produce plants with some.
what finer stems than the Mammoth
and are an advantage for forage pro-
duction.
Care Must Be Taken In Harvesting.
Soy beans are best fitted for hay
when the pods are well formed When
grown for grain alone, the cutting
may be delayed in the case of most
varieties until all of the leaves have
fallen. Care must be taken 10 har-
vest before the pods begin 10 burst,
In storing soy beans after thresh-
ing. the beans should be spread out
and not massed in large quantities.
Soy beans will heat rather easily il
not thoroughly dry. and the germina-
ton will be ruined.
A Good Market For the Soy Bean.
In addition to being a good war
measure, remember that it will pay to
consider the soy bean as a permanent
money crop since II has been found
that cotton seed oil mills can be adj
justed without much trouble to use
soy beans. Different investigators re-
port that only a few minor and mex
pensive changes in equipment are
necessary.
Cotton seed oil mills in Arkansas
will no doubt welcome the soy
bean as a commercial crop, An add
tjopaI crop of this character will ex-