The Dermott news., 1917-05-17
FEEDING THE ARMY
 A PATRIOTIC DUTY
Crops-Farmers Should Plant Plen- tifuIly of All the Food Crops.
l.. w, Osborn, Agricultural EXperi- ment Station. University of
 Arkansas

Arkansas
 Remember Mir. Farmer. that in this national crisis you are expected to raise enough food and feed to take care of your family and the livestock on your farm In making your plans you should raise the crops which will give you the great money. but in food value. Do not forget 10 plant such crops as corn. cowpeas. soy beans. velvet beans. pea nuts, Sudan grass. sorghum. etc. A. this time il will pay you to give par ticular attention to the soy bean.
 Soy Bean Has Many Uses.
 As a marketable crop the possibil- ties of the soy bean are immense. The forage. when cut as the pods are well formed, is palatable and nutritious for all classes of live stock. It is well known that the supply of linseed oil. which in the pas. 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. channels, yarnishcs and soaps. The oil can also be used 10 make edi- ble salad oil and as a butter substi- ute. The SOY bean meal which is the is expressed. can be used for fertiliz- CTS or as a 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 legume and conse- cuently when grown upon a properly Inoculated soil will increase the nitro. gen content Of the soil. At the same time the crop is a convenient one to place in crop rotation. IL grows and thrives during the hottest sum mer weather II is well adapted to various types of soils and col. ditions. and different varieties arc NuNt tSfldliN KUN IT uuutl liit Sillt climatic conditions as corn
 Seed Bed Should Be We'll Prepared
 The seed bed should be well pre- pared for SOY bean seed and can De sown any time after severe frosts are over until about July 1. Earlier seed ings usually produce heavier growth of foliage and require longer growing season. Even the later varieties show marked ability 10 adjust themselves 10 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 nercially by seeds men. The following are among the more important varie. ties especially suitable for seed pro duction.
 Mammoth Yellow soy bean Is a standard commercial variety grown more extensively than any other in Arkansas. The variety yields we'll of both grain and forage, II is one of tha latest varieties in time of ma turitS.
 The Habelandt soy bean is similar in appearance of seed, but is some what earlier than Mammoth The va -iety is satisfactory for grain produc. ion. but does not produce as luxur. ant a growth for hay. IL Is advsa. ole where an earlier variety than Mammoth fs desired
 There are other varieties which ara very suitable for seed and forage pro. iuction. but which are not so com nonly grown Certain varieties. such is the Virginia. Arlington. Wilson and Picking produce plants with some. what finer stems than the Mammoth md are an advantage for forage pro. iuction
 Care Must Be Taken in Harvesting.
 Soy beans are best fitted for hay when the pods are well formed When nay be delayed in the case of most varieties until all of the leaves have allen Care must he taken to har. rest before the pods begin 10 burst
 In storing soy beans after thresh- uc. the beans should be spread out and not massed in large quantities. Soy beans will heat rather easily if ,ot thoroughly dry. and the germina- ion will be ruined.
 4 Good Market For the Soy Bean.
 In addition 10 being good war measure, remember that it will pay to consider the soy bean as a permanent money crop since it has been fourd hut cotton seed oil mills can be ad usted without much trouble to use ioy beans. Different investigators re- port that only few minor and mex pensive changes in equipment are necessary.
 Cotton seed oil mills in Arkansas sill no doubt welcome the soy