Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-30

off, all at no expense of labor, the common sense farmer decides that con- siderable annoyance and some extra cost fo "a week or two gathering the corn is mighty trivial beside the profits the velvet beans give him. He plans to plant twice as many the next year. When he finds that the velvet beans double the yield of the crops that follow them the next year, he is still more in favor of increasing the acreage.
 Opinion of Experts.
 Velvet beans are the greatest crop introduced in the South in 50 years, Dr. Tait Butler.
 An increased acreage in velvet beans in Arkansas to the largest pos sible extent is advisable. The crop requires practically no work as it is raised in the corn Bradford Knapp.
 Two grain crops and forage crop can be grown on the same land in the same season by planting corn six feet apart, planting row of COW peas or soy beans between the corn rows and then planting velvet beans in the corn, says c. w. Watson, as- sistant director. of the Agricultural Extension Division, University of Arkansas.
 MT. Watson owns and operates a farm near Cabot, ,Lonoke county, and for three years has grown velvet beans in his corn as forage crop.
 'The beans are planted at the same time the corn is planted" stat es MT. Watson. Cor after danger of frost is over They do not interfere with corn production as the corn is practically mature before the velvet beans make much growth. During August and September, the beans grow and cover up the corn so that there is some difficulty in gathering, but am more than repaid, for. after turning my cattle on the beans in De- tober, l do not have to feed them anything until after Christmas.
 "A great many of the beans ma ture and the vines make excellent feed. l pasture approximately 35 head of cattle on 24 acres of corn stalks and velvet beans after the corn is gathered.
 T recommend the planting of vel vet beans with every acre of corn as a soil builder, and where the land is devoid of humus, l especially recom- mend velvet beans to turn under in the fall There are three legums that can be depended upon which are almost of equal value, the soy bean, velvet bean and lcowpeas. On poor land the soy bean or cowpeas may be planted bv having the corn six feet apart and planting a row of cow peas or soy beans between the corn rows and the planting velvet bean in the corn. This will give two grain crops and forage crop.
 "One bushel of velvet beans will plant from 6 to 0acres where plant ed with corn. I would recommend the early speck]ed or 90-day variety. No cultivation other than for the corn is necessary
 A few years ago Columbia county knew nothing about the velvet bean so far as planting and growing it was concerned, according to MT. Wat son. Last year there were more than 5000 acres planted in that county alone and the farmers considered it one of their best forage crops. Union county plants several thousand acres of velvet beans each wear and in al- most every instance they are plant had considerable experience with vel ed with corn. Ouachita county has vet beans, hundreds of acres being planted last year which gave splen- did results. During the last three years a great many counties over the state have tried out velvet beans through the efforts of the county agents. ..f. ..,.s-t
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