The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
FEEDING The ARMY
A PATRIOTIC DUTY
The Nation Needs Food and Forage
Crops-Farmers Should Plant Pien-
tifulIy Of All the Food Crops
L. w. Osborn. Agricultural Expert
ment Station, University of
Arkansas.

Remember. Mr. 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
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. AZ
this time it will pay you to give par
tieuIar attention to the soy bean.
Soy Bean Has Many Uses.
AS a marketable crop the possibili-
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. 1t is
well known that the supply OF
1inseed oil, which in the past
has been the chief oil used in paint
manufacture, is limited and variable.
Soy bean oil can be substituted either
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 subsd-
tute. The soy bean meal which Is the
by-product from the seed after the oil
Is expressed, can be used for fertile
ers 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-
quently when grown upon 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 a crop rotation. 1t grows
and thrives during the hottest sum-
mer weather. It is well 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 well 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 heavier growth
of foliage and requir9a longer growing
season. Even the l9 varieties show
marked ability to .ust 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
mercially by seeds men. The following
are among the more important varie-
ties especially suitable for seed pro-
duction.
Mammoth Yellow ssy bean is a
standard commercial variety grown
more extensively than any other N
Arkansas. The variety yields well Of
the latest varieties in time Of ma
turity.
The Habelandt soy bean Ia similar
in appearance Of seed. but is some.
what earlier than Mammoth The VA
riety is satisfactory for grain produo
ton. hut does not produce as luxur
liant growth for hay. It lie advisn.
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 so com
monty grown. Certain varieties. such
"a the Virginia Arlington. Wilson and
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 ntted for hay
when the pods are we'll formed When
grown for grain alone. the cutting
may be delayed in the case OF mos,
varieties until all Of the leaves have
fallen. Care must be taken TO har
vest before the pods begin to burst
In storing soy beans after thresh
ing. the beans should be spread out
and not massed in large quantities
BOY beans Will heat rather easily II
not thoroughly dry and the germlns
sion will be ruined
a Good Market For the Soy Bean.
In addition to being a good wal
measure, remember that II will pay tc
consider the soy bean as a permanen,
money crop since It has been found
that cotton seed oil mills can be ad
tusted without much trouble to use
soy beans Different investigators re-
port that only few minor and mex
pensive changes In equipment are
necessary.
Cotton seed oil mills in Arkansas
will no doubt welcome the soy
bean as commercial crop. An add
tional crop Of this character will ex
tepd their operating season and less
eE their idle season, which is fire.
omently from four to six months each