Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-06
AGRICULTURAL
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SOY BEANS FOR THE SOUTH
SUCCESSFUL FARk,lNG


done we'll during the last two years,
making an average of 1899 bushels.
The importance of good clean seed
of a standard sort can not be empha-
sized too strongly. OF course, in our
long growing season i'm the south any
Of these varieties will mature satisfac-
torily per acre. The beans may be
hogged down when passing out of the
dough stage or they may be cut with
a corn harvester or binder and shocked
like corn and later threshed. The stalks
and leaves can be fed to some advantage
though they are rather coarse and not as
palatable as cowpeas on that account.
II cut and mixed in with shredded corn
slower, however, soy bean straw can be
fed to advantage. The beans may be Fed
to almost any class of live stock and
are probably best ground and mixed with
corn in equal amounts Since the oil
they contain is not essential on the farm,
ii is sood practice to sell them to the
oil mill and buy back a certain amount
of meal to be used with corn and other
cereals. Soy beans can, of course, be
used with advantage for hay. A num-
Der of varieties have been grown for
this purpose on the college of agricul-
ture test plats for several years past.
The Mammoth Yellow has made the
largest yield or an average of two tons
per acre. The Brown variety has stood
second with yield of 1.S9 tons; the
Acme third with a yield of 1872 tons:
the Black fourth with a yield of Is
tons; and the Shanghai fifth with yield
of LIS tons. The largest yield of hay
ever made with a single variety was
81 tons. The varieties mentioned have
made an average of ton or more for
period of five years. 1t would appear,
- hof Of Ctr inc y,
be used for hay-making purposes. When
grown rather thickly an excellent quality
of hay will be obtained though there
will be some coarse stalks in it. It will
be eaten with less relish on that account
than cowpeas.
A large number of farmers resident in
the Piedmont area should plant a small
area to soy beans the present year 70"
experimental purposes. 1t is highly i'm
portant that they become acquainted
with this crop which has unlimited pos
sibilities for use.in the south, and which
we believe in the not distant future will
become of great economic Importance to
our people, first as a source of seed
from which oil will be expressed to ad-
vantage and a desirable meal obtained;
second, for grazing down directly by
hogs; and third, as a means of provid-
ing a desirable addition 20 the dietary
of human beings. Soy beans, as our
readers probably know, are extensively
used in the far east as human food.
In other words, they supply the essential
protein which the scarcity of meat-pro-
ducing animals makes it necessary to-
obtain from vegetable sources.
DESTROYING LICE ON HOGS.
NJ. r. P, Washington. Ca, writes:
would like 10 know the best way to kill
lice hogs. Does sleeping in pine straw
account for the nits hogs? What about
wolves in cows backs? Is it wise to get
them out or is it better to give them
something in their food TO kill them? !
want to grow Irish potatoes and onions on
my farm. How much BARNARD manure
should ] and what analysis Of CONNER
cal fertilizer is best for gray, sandy loan
soil?
Lice on hogs gan be destroyed by us
ing any of the coal tar dips. Their
persistent use is necessary. That is, |
several treatments should be given
a few days apart. Creolin, for instance. |
used in the proportion of one part to so
parts of water should prove effective. 1t
is very important that every part of the
animals body be thoroughly covered. |
Therefore, If one is keeping considera-
BILE number of hogs 1t is better to build
a dipping vat. This can be constructed /
of cement at a comparatively small cost
and will prove indispensable. Where |
one has only a few hogs the persistent
use of the solution mentioned above. or
one similar TO it should prove effective. |
The application may be made on any
warm day, say with a good whitewash |
brush.
Of course, there is no use treating the |
hogs unless you clean the bedding out
and disinfect rubbing posts and destroy |
the litter which may have accumulated
around the yard. Unless this is, done |
the hogs will Immediately become in
fected again.
Wolves are best removed from the |
backs of cattle as soon as possible. The |
grubs taken out should be destroyed. /