Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-16
PUTNAM

Farm association news includes the following circular regarding popular beans:
 one of the bean varieties that have come into popularity is the soy bean. Those men who have had successful
 portant as a silage crop. The better yields of the crops which follow show it's importance as soil improvement
 agent. In growing sey beans in corn for silage the amount of improvement
 done to the land is a thing that is very
 hard to estimate. Due to the fact that
 the soy bean is g legume, the man who
 raises soy beans for silage rightly
 feels that he has improved the feTtil9
 ity of his lada, if the beans were well
 inocuIated. One seldom thinks Of
 inoculating the soil or seed for any of
 the ordinary cleyers, since the nodulea are usually present in the roots with
 out inoculation, but those men whe
 have recently taken up the growing of
 soy beans have not been able in many
 cases, to get satisfactory crops until the specific organisms which had
 grown in some previous crop of the
 same species had been carried over to
 the new field. Any legume can be
 successfully grown without nodules on it's roots, if plenty of nitrogen in an
 available form is supplied. In the ab- sence of the noduie organisms, le- gumes use the nitrogen of the soil in the same manner as with timothy and corn. Under such conditions, little if any benefit is derived from the legume which might not be secured from the growing of any other crop. The mem bers of this family require so much nitrogen, however, that very few soils are able to furnish enough available nitrogen to keep them very luxuFiant. Many experiments have shown the
 need of nodule organisms before satis- 1 factory growth of soy beans can be 1 obtained. At the Michigan AEricul- tural Experiment station the yield of l soy beans on an inoeulated plot was at l the rate of S,920 pounds per acre. as compared to S.57G pounds ner acre on l the uninoculated plot. The leaves, !! stems and roots of inoculated soy 1 beans contained 114 pounds of nitro gen, while those of the uninceulated 1 soy beans had content of only 76 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Thfs rep 1 resents a gain of 3s pounds of nitro l gen per acre in favor of ineeuiation l The Windhani County Farmers asso- citation intends to put on a number of soy bean-c corn silage demonstrations | have communicated their desire for i such demonstrations to County Agent 1 Davis.
 1 The farmers attending the dairy sec | ton of the Hartford farmers week l program agreed that milk should be l advertised. ! It Is net often that all 1 men engaged in a certain industry agree on a question. but the advertis- l ing of milk is thing that Is agree 1 able to all farmers to the extent that 1 they are willing to help finance such 3 l movement The advertising of miIi should occupy in the future space iE l leading magazines, newspapers and 1 other advertising mediums,
 1 County Agent Frank F, Davis wa. in Hartford last week Monday and
 Tuesday to attend the opening of tht l big Connecticut farmers week at thu i state arTnory
 Miss M. Elizaheth weoding. hom, demonstration agent. attended -tht
 women's meetings held in Hartford l the past week in connection wati farmers week.
 | The Junior promenade, the bieges | pre-Lenten event of the high schoo + year, was held Friday evening in thu 1 high school auditeriun by the class O 1921. The hall was decorated witt i restoens of purple and gold. the ciaS colors, extending from the sides ant | center. The color combination wa I excellent, and under the il1uminatsol of the artificial lights made an artisti Il design. The dance cards were also I union of the class colors. gold letter on a background of purple. To tn | committee on these arrangements i good deal of praise and credit is .du T for the fine work. The patronesse [ were Mrs. A. V. Frost. Mrs. B. N Murphy and Mrs. D. B. Gilbert. Getch I elrs orchestra of Springfield furnisHe :. the music, and many numbers wer encored.
 I The grand march was led by Nor man Ash, president of the class. an Miss Margaret Farrel, secretary. Al
 fred Barber. vice president, and Mis-
 Marie Hanefy, treasurer, foilowin; } For IS numbers came round (
 modern dances. with Paul Jones in troduced as a novelty.
 f A large crowd was present. man 5 coming from Willimantic, GrosvenoH sI dale and other places in this vfefnit. : Fruit punch, provided by the elas
 twas served At late hour the strain