Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

residue after the oil Is expressed, can
be mixed with wheat flour to the ex-
tent of 80 per cent without detriment
to the palatability of the product,
though the effect Of such bread on the
digestive tract Is not yet known. Dry
soy beans now are being used In con-
siderable quantity as a substitute for
navy beans in canneries. with excel
lent results. In addition, the soy
bean Is an excellent forage crop for
cattle and hogs. It's use for this pur-
pose greatly reduces the necessity for
the use Of grain and mill products in
feeding these animals. The soy bean
is legume recently introduced into
this country. 1t requires incubation
when grown on land new to it. Many
farmers have failed in their first at
tempts to grow tins crop because they
overlooked this point. 1t is only a
question of time and attention to de-
tail when this difficulty will be entire
ly overcome. Soy beans, by using
suitable varieties for seed, can be
grown from southern Michigan to the
Gulf coast. The department Of agri-
culture will furnish free on applica-
ton full instructions concerning the
culture and management of soy beans.
Farmers Bulletin No. 372.)
The Peanut.-Peanuts are important
from the standpoint Of human food
available from an acre for the reason
that. besides being available as a
catch crop in corn, they are gaining
favor as a staple crop In the sandy
lands of the cotton states, especially
where the cotton-boll weevil is trou-
blesOme. In many sections alternate
rows Of corn and peanuts give good
results, particularly on semiarid lands.
In the southern states, from Virginia
to Florida, peanuts have long been
recognized as one Of the chief crops
for hog-raising. The acreage for this
and other purposes has increased
greatly as hog raising has been in
troduced in the coastal-plain sections Of
the Southeast.
The demand for peanuts has wild
ened greatly as a result Of new meth
DDS and the product now enters into
two important avenues of commerce
az In the form of cake or meal. after
the oil Is extracted, as valuable food
for live stock, and (2) as source Of
valuable fat for use for cooking and
other purposes. A larger acreage Of
this crop is to be encouraged as
means of increasing the amount Of
pork products In the southern states
and to meet the demand for peanuts
for the manufacture of peanut but
ter and for use in confectionaries.
Recent experiments at the Texas ex-
pertinent station demonstrated meth
DDS of feeding peanut meal or pea
nut cake to avoid the soft flesh in
pork which ordinarily results from
feeding the raw product. In addition
to the nuts the hay is in great demand
and 1t has a feeding value similar to
that of alfalfa.
Oats.-Because of the relatively
small amount of both protein and en-
ergy In oats, it is not believed advis-
able to increase greatly the acreage
devoted to this crop. especially where
the land can be devoted to other
crops.
The Navy Bean.-The bean crop Is
important as a source Of protein. The
navy bean produces only SO per cent
as much energy but more protein per
acre than corn. 1t can be grown also
in regions poorly adapted to corn.
There has been phenomenal increase
in the acreage of beans this year,
probably greater than conditions war
rant. There Is apparently no good
reason for further extension OF this
acreage next year.
cowpeas. - Although the cowpea
crop is unimportant in the present
the fact that its seeds are
highly palatable to most people and
an important source Of pro-
tein, as well as the further fact that
1t is widely grown in our southern
states as a catch crop in corn or after
winter grain, justifies reference to It
here. The South devotes it's energies
so largely to the production Of one
great money crop, cotton. that any
readily available source Of human
food should not be overlooked in that
section. Special effort should be made
this year to save all the cOwpea seed
possible.
Buckwhea is impor-
tant mainly because Of the fact that |
It thrives on very poor land and can |
be planted very late in the season.
The production per acre is large in
moor land