Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-12
TWO CROPS FROM
THE SAME LAND
Advise Is To Get the Most From the
Farm BY Using Inten-
sive Methods.
BY l.. w. Osborn. Arkansas College
of Agriculture, FayetteyiIle.

or Agriculture, Fayetteville.
Idle lSnd returns no profit The oats
and wheat crop will soon be harvest
ed In all parts of the state and UNI ss
lespedeza was seeded in early speng
these fields will soon be without a
crop.
1t Is important from every stand
point that leguInes shall follow small
grains. When double-cropping in this
manner is practiced it is quite posi-.
Die that the net return from both the
small grain and legume Will be equal
TO that derived from a cotton crop.
At the same time the practice is very
important II the fertility Of the soil
is to be maintained and also, to in
crease the amount of cheap forage
and food stuffs available on the farm.
One OF the best plans for maintain
ing the fertility of Arkansas soil Is
found in the practice of following n
small grain crop with cowpeas, soy
beans. peanuts, or even with velvet
beans. These crops IL pastured or
plowed under have wonderful ef-
feet in increasing fertility.
The crops which can still be plant
ed at this season of the year are
the old stand-bys-the cowpea, pea
nut, soybean, sorghum and sweet po-
tatoes. Late corn is often safe pro-
position on real fertile land oven af-
ter small grains. The velvet bean
may still be planted for forage or soil
Improvement. The yield of forage
from these late planted crops are
good even though lighter than may
paintings. The combination of sor-
ghum and soybeans seeded With, Il
grain drill in the proportion of THREE
parts of the legume to one part soy
ghum and about five pecks per anre
will produce an excellent hay ct9p.
Ii corn is planted late it is the safeM
proposition to plant in rows SIX tsse'f
seven feet wide with cowpeas, soy
beans or peanuts drilled throlglis.tAt
middle. Planting cowpeas or Nsoy-
beans In the row with corn, especially
on good soils, makes an excellent
Coii lOIf tllS SllO.
Since there is a shortage of cowpea
seed on the market this season it WIZ
be necessary to use more soybeans,
and especially Spanish peanuts than
has hitherto been customary. Velvet
beans are almost out of the question
because of seed shortage, unless one
Is fortunate in having seed left over
The use Of these summer grown com
binations for the silo is an important
possibility and provides one of the
most profitable means of avoiding
risks of a shortage during winter
months. If a silo Is not available,
however. these crops can be used to
excellent advantage for pasture in au-
tumn. Pork cannot be produced prof
itably on corn alone. Hogs make big
and cheap gains on the crops men
toned. or course, 1t Is we'll known
fact that hogs fattened on a peanut
rationt alone must be marketed
discount when sold on the
market This trouble may be
avoided by feeding ration in.
Guiding corn or other grain In
accordance with recommendations of
the Animal Husbandry Division. Care
should be taken to see that this is
done so that hogs marketed from this
state will not be discounted because
OF soft pork which comes from feed
ing the legume alone.
1t is not entirely necessary to use
late planted crops either for the silO
or pasture to make a profit. SoyDeans
may be cut for hay or allowed to ma
ture and be harvested for seed if the
season is long enough. Spanish pea
nuts may be plowed out and cured
on poles in the usual way. The nuts
can be picked and marketed for OF
or for confectionery purposes and the
tops used for hay, However, when
peanuts are harvested in this way the
fertility of the soil is not improved
since practically the entire growth OF
the crop is removed from the land.
When peanuts are to be planted for
the market it is very important tina.
the crop be planted lust as early as
possible. but for forage purposes the
planting may be delayed until early
July. Cow peas can be properly har-
vested for hay and the seed obtained
at the same time. Late corn can U.S.
ually he used to best advantage when
the entire crop is cut and shocked
and the whole plant is used for feed.