Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-18

residue after the oil Is expressed. can
be mixed with wheat -four 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 cannerles, 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 a legume recently introduced into
tits 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.
N'armers' Bulletin No. 1922
The Peanut.-Peanuts are important
from the standpoint Of human food
available from an acre for the reason
that, besides being available as 4
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
PRODUCED 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
"a In the form of cake or meal, after
the oil Is extracted, as n valuable fOOt
for live stock, and (2) as a source OF
valuable fat for use for cooking ant
other purposes. A larger acreage o.
this crop is to be encouraged as {
means Of increasing the amount o.
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 il
pork which ordinarily results from
feeding the raw product. In addition
10 llt NUS TIE nay 10 III SlNo'
and it has a feeding value similar t
that of alfalfa.
-oats.-Because of the %relatlvel,
small amount of both protein and en-
ergv In oats, it is not believed advis
able to Increase greatly the acreag
devoted to this crop, especially wher
the land can be devoted to othe
crops.
The Navy Bean.-The bean crop /
important as a source Of protein. TIL
navy bean produces only SO per cen
as much energy but more protein pc
acre than corn. 1t can be grown ais
in regions poorly adapted to corr
There has been a phenomenal increas
in the acreage of beans this yea
probably greater than conditions wal
rant. There is apparently no goo
reason for further extension Of thi
acreage next year.
cowpeas. - Although the cowpe
crop is unimportant in the preser
connection, the fact that It's seeds ar
, highly palatable to most people an
represent an important source Of pre-
/ tein, as well as the further fact thu
| 1t Is widely grown in our souther
! states as q catch crop in corr or afte
winter grain, justities reference to
here. The South devotes its energie
f SO largely to tho production of on
great money crop, cotton, that an
readily available ire of huma
food should not he overlooked in tbs
| section. Special effort should be mad
this year to save all the cowpea see
possible.
/. Observation-Disclosures is impo
tant mainly because Of the fact tn;
=. It thriycS on very poor land and ca
4 be planted very late In the seaso'
The production per acre is large
( comparison with that OF other CROPS G
poor land.