The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-04-11
THE M A.NNIN g TIMES.

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is best fitted for hay when the pods
are we'll formed. Soy-bean hay is
cured much more readily and is more
easily handled than cowpea hay. The
yields OF hay range from 1 to 8 tons
20 the acre, and occasionally 4 tons
to the acre are secured.
For Pasture.
The soy bean may often be utilized
to advantage for pasture for all
kinds of stock, the most profitable
method, perhaps, being to pasture
with hogs, supplementing the corn
ration. Soy beans and corn may be
grown together or the soy beans may
be sown broadcast at the last cult
vation of the cron. BY planting the
same variety at different dates or by
using varieties with different dates of
maturity, the grazing may be extend
ed over considerable period AS
pasture crop the soy bean is not only
profitable for the feed produced but
also because of the increase of soil
fertility due to the manure and re-
fuse vines.
For SOiling.
! Among soiling crops the soy bean
has an important place. Having a
high protein value, the crop may be
fed to good advantage with less nitro
genous crops, such as corn, sroghum,
Sudan grass, and millet. The great
variation in the maturity of the vari-
cites makes it possible to have asuc-
cession of forage throughout the
greater part of the summer and fall.
For soiling purposes the cutting NAV
begin at the time of bloom and con-
tinue until the seed are about three
fourths grown.
For Ensilage.
! When grown for ensilage, the soy
bean is generally combined with corn
as soy beans alone 10 not make a
good quality of sill, -. Good results
are secured where soy beans and corn
are mixed, two or three parts of corn
and one part of soy beans. This sill
age keeps we'll, is readily eaten by
stock, and the animals show good
gains in flesh and milk production.
For Soil Improvement.
Soy beans possess high value for
soil Improvement, especially as a
'urce OF humus and nitrogen. For
the best results when so used, the
beans should not be allowed to get
too mature.
| For Seed.
Thus far soy beans have been q
very profitable crop when grown for
seed, but the industry has been devel-
oped mainly in a few sections, but the
industry has been developed mainly
in few sections, such as eastern
orth Carolina. The character of their
growth, their uniform maturing habit,
and their large yield of grain recon-
mend soy beans for seed production
Soy beans generally produce much
more seed to the acre than cowpeas.
Under ordinary conditions the best
varieties of soy beans will yield from
20 to 80 bushels to the acre. The
cost of producing the crop when the,
4 beans are planted in rows is gener-
ally about the same as for corn. In
addition to the value of the seed the
benefit to the land in which the beans
have been grown and the thrashed
vines as source of feed must be
considered.
The feeding value of soy-bean seed,
which contains about 35 per cent pro-
tein, is very high and compares fav-
orably with that Of linseed and cotton
seed meals. For feeding, the seed is
generally ground and used with some
less concentrated feed. Experiments
, comparing soy-bean meal and cotton
seed meal indicate that soy-bean meal
Is superior to cottonseed meal both
for milk and for butter production.
When grown for grain alone, soy
beans may be cut at any time from
the yellowing of the upper leaves un-
til all of the leaves have fallen. The
plants should remain in the field until
the seed is thoroughly cured. In har-
vcsting the crop for seed self-rake
reaper, a mower with side delivery
attachment, or binder will de very
satisfactory work. If only small
area is grown, soy beans may be cut
with a sickle or pulled, tied in bun
dies, and failed out when thoroughly
dry.
Soy beans may be thrashcd with an
ordinary grain thrashing outfit, with