Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-06

the seeds are richer in feeding value. l There are many different varieties. which vary in time of ripening from 90 i days from sowing to the entire grow ' ing season.
 Soy beans. like cowpeas, are sown i broadcast or drilled. but, being erect. are well suited to cultivation in rows. Rows should be placed three or more | feet apart, and the seeding should be | from one and One-half to two pecks per acre. This quantity of seed should, of course, be increased for broadcast | ing. The seed should be planted not i deeper than two inches, and as this Is still new crop in many place inocula- ! ton should be practiced. It is not well to plant soy beans near to woods, as rabbits are very fond of the plant. If used for hay. soy beans should be cut when the first leaves begin to turn ! yellow; if for seed. the cutting should not be done until the leaves have near, | " all fallen. The pods of many varie- l ties Shatter easily. and should be harvested as soon as ripe and in inc morning, when pods are wet with dew. Soy beans are harvested for hay in the same manner as cowpeaS. but are cured with less difficulty. The hay is fully as nutritious as that from cow peas and Is relished by all farm ami mals.
 lespedezs.
 LespedeZa is a self-seedinC ann al legume. which is spread over the en- tire cotton region except on the light sandy soils of Florida. IL is univer- ally used as late summer pasturage. but on fertile soils II makes such n heavy growth that 1t is profitably harvested for hay. On fields that have become barren and unproductive les pedeza will do much to restore the fer tility of the soil. and commonly 1t ap- pears, even if not sown.
 Seeding should be done in late win ter or early spring at the rate of about one-half bushel of seed per acre. When grown for hay 1t Is commonly sowa with oats. the oats being sown in Sep tember or October and the lespedeZa in the following February or March. after first narrowing the ground. The principal part of the lespedeza plant is leaves. the stems being very slender. II makes a hay equal to red clover or cowpeas in quality.
 Alfalfa.
 On land where ii will succeed. al- faifa is one of the best crops for permanent meadow, and Is also valII- able as q pasture plant. Alfalfa need: rich. well-drained land having a loose subSOil and containing Il good supply of lime. The black prairie region of Alabama and Mississippi. the alluvial sections along the Tennessee, MiSsiS- sippi, and Red rivers. northeastern Texas. and the region of the Rio Grande are all adapted to the produc- ton of alfalfa Wherever the soil Is of limestone origin. or contains high percentage of lime, alfalfa is nearly sure to succeed. Sandy soils and dry clay uplands have not proven satis- factory for alfalfa. neither does it thrive in the Gulf-coast region.
 Many soils not naturally adapted to alfalfa have been made suitable by special treatment, and the acreage of this crop is increasing very fast as a result of the utilization of such areas. Some wet lands become suited to al- falfa when thoroughly drained. Lands newly drained and many other we'll drained lands commonly need an ap- plication of lime for alfalfa From one to two tons of burnt lime, two or three tons of slaked lime or three or per acre are good applications.
 The seedbed should be thoroughly prepared before sowing alfalfa seed; that is. it should be finely pulyerized, well compacted. and free from weeds. well-cultivated fields of early varie- ties of cowpeas or soy beans. early po- tatoes. or similar crops which mature early may be prepared easily for al- falfa.
 Fall-sown alfalfa should yield from three to five cuttings the following season and average about one ton of cured hay per acre each cutting There is no better hay than alfalfa for dairy, beef cattle, sheep, and young growing stock of all kinds. It is also valuable feed for working animals. but care should be taken not to feed it excessively. IL affords splendid pasturage for hogs. but care mpst be taken not to pasture 1t too closely nor too late in the season. In general. pasturing alfalfa is not to be recorn- mended in the South. as the stand is frequently injured. then weeds thrive and invade the field