The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-05-23
FARM DEPARTMENT.

ers bought a real bean and pea muller
to hull out these beans which 1t did
splendidly.
After the threshing season we
called our association together and
took up the sale of these beans and
decided we would not allow any Of
them to go on the market until they
were all re-cleaned and tested, which
we did, and had several thousand
bushels Of as nice beans as we're seen
anywhere. These beans were nearly
all tested, and tested very high, about
SO to sS per cent.
1--WE then offered these for sale
and neraly all of them were taken up
by the County agents of the state.
They have sold all of these and have
only a few of the Sooty variety left
which our people are raising for hay.
as they consider them very superior
for that purpose.
I'VE are going to increase our
acreage for hogging down this year,
1919, very greatly, as those farmers
who have been pursuing their prac-
tice have had great success. Besides
the money end OF growing THOSE
beans and hogging them down there
Is the value of the rotation on their
bottom farms which gets results with
other crops"
A letter which came from Mr.
Henry VI. Pirtle. Of ApplegTove Farm,
at Hartford. Ky, had the following
to say about his personal experience
of growing soy beans:
81 scarcely know how to go about
giving my experiences with soy beans
so as to make what l say as impress
sive as It should be. | only wish ev-
cry farmer in Ohio county and in ev
cry other county in the State would
grow at least few of these beans.
ITO begin with. | plant my beans
at any time from the ly.A of May un
I'll the first of July. Preferably from
the Goth OF May until about the 20tn
of June plant in rows about 2S
inches apart wItn . wheat drill. 1t
requires about one-half a bushel per
acre. then cultivate with little
fourteen-inch harrow unless .-
weeds get in the beans, and in this
case / use an ordinary viewpoint, one
horse cuitivator and usually go over
them three or more times
I'VE make from one to two tons Of
hay to the acre and about an average
of fifteen bushels of beans. For the
last two years l have been getting
four dollars per bushel for the beans
and twenty dollars per ton for the
hay. find. however, it best to feed
the hay, as it makes very fine cat
tie feed. 1t will be seen from what
have written that there is a good
profit in growing beans, especially az
l am improving the ground at the
same time
As to varieties I like the Haber-
landt for hogging down and for
for sale on the market; but
for hay the Sooty is, think, decided
ly the best and it will yield almost
If not quite as many bushels per acre
] like the Sooty for hay on account
of its fine texture"
MIR. V. C. Eigin, one of the very
active members of the association,
writes:
I'VE had probably two hundred
acres of beans in the county last year
and used them principally for hogg.
ing down. For this purpose we plant
in two ways, corn and beans every
other row; and corn and beans in the
same row. The former are planted
in rows two and one-half to three
feet, the latter just as if it were only
corn.
I'VE shipped out of the county this
past season eight or ten carloads of
beans. besides supplying our home
trade which was heavy. We averag-
ed on our bottom land. which seems