Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-04

meat is likely to be affected thereby
There is nothing you could do to make
this meat more wholesome as to haVor
and taste now that it is in the condl-
ton indicated in your letter Proven
ton is the only effective means of deal
ing with the development of situation
such as you describe. Hogs, when given
plenty of room and their liberty, are
clean and sanitary animals. II is only
when confined under such conditions as
are evidenced in this case, w1ers they
are unable to help themselves, that
flavor such as that described in your
letter is likely to be found in the meat.
S:a;S:
HOW TO COOK AND PLANT SOY
BEAMS.
j. NJ W, Dublin. Ca, writes: wish
some informal ton in regard TO planting and
cooking SOY beans. 1 wish to interest
some of my friends in these beans as well
as use them myself.
The soy bean is one of the most prom
Using crops we have for cultivation IN
Georgia for the production of food not
only for man but for our farm animals
as we'll This bean is probably not so
well adapted for general cultivation In
south Georgia on a commercial basis IS
in north Georgia, but can be cultivated
in the home gardens to good advantage.
1t belongs to the family of legumes ana,
as you doubtless know, is rich in d.
gestible constituents. For instance, 1t
contains about 30.7 per cent digestible
protein. 22S digestible carbo hydrates,
and IA per cent of digestible fat. A
ton of this material is rich in nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash. Therefore
when fed to live stock and the resulting
manure applied to the land the supply
of nitrogen in our soils can be built up
and maintained
In cultivating this crop in the garden
we prefer to plant it on rich land in
drills about fifteen inches apart. On this
land the rows should be say twenty
inches apart. Under field conditions we
would prefer the rows thirty inches
apart Planting may be done at any
time from now forward. This is a crop
which does best after the ground mas
warmed up. You could plant some of
the early-maturing varieties for the next
thirty days. There are great many
varieties which can be cultivated with
success in Georgia, but we believe enc OF
the best sorts is what is known as the
Mammoth Yellow. This is vigorous
growing type which seeds freely and
yields well. 1t has made the best rec
ord of all the strains cultivated in our
demonstration field here at Athens. AS
high as twenty-five bushels of seed per
acre has been harvested. The average
yield would probably be twelve to ht-
teen bushels.
These beans are cooked and hardled
very much as any of the legumss, such
as cowpeas and navy beans. They are
difficult to cook, however, in that they
require a very long time. 1t simply
takes patience to prepare them salts
factorily for the table. They have
rich, nutty flavor, are very wholesome,
and constitute one of the most desirable
dishes we can use. They may be made
in large measure, for instance, to take
the place of meat. They represent
most important part of the dietary OF
the Japanese and Chinese. 1t will be a
fine thing for your community If you
will induce quite a number of your
friends to plant a few rows in the gar
dens. A relatively small area will pro-
duce a bushel of seed and thus provide
a good many meals of soy beans for the
fall and winter season.
The beans are hard and are not rea j.
lily attacked by the weevil.
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