St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-03-12
RATE INCREASE
IN TELEPHONE
CONDEMNED
HERE
Not Sufficient Consideration
Given To Testimony,
Is Claimed.
ASSN. OF COMMERCE
| PASSES RESOLUTIONS
Mayor Badon to Represent
Covington at State
Meeting.


tions were passed coudcmr ',g The
action of the Railroad Commisshr
| in granting increased phone rates.
The meeting was largely attended
| and pretty we'll repraseat:.t,ve III all
| the business of tho city Also, be-
sides the regular business OF the AS
sociation, the matter of the rem1val
OF the farm and clan t:53ats by the
Police Jury was taken up AID Gis-
cussed generally, AMI it was decloed
| to make an appeal 10 fiaVe the
agents reinstated, rs it was under
stood the cause Of removal vas de-
ficiency OF funds for carrying on the
work. Mr. C. Marvin Poole, mem
vet beans yielding at this rate would
pe $;s5.OO.''
! Mr.. A. E. Kidder says: "The vel
vet bean adds more nitrogen to the
soil tnan does the coWpea of the
larger growth in the same length Of
time. The vines will analyze little
| higher per cent Of nitrogen than the
cowpea One ought to make from
four to five tons Of weight, equiya-
lent to hay, on each acre, which
would give 1870 to 225 pounds OF
nitrogen. If you count one-ha-f add
ed to our SOL, from the atmosphere,
there will be about 80 to 10 pounds
per acre. This is the vines only and
the roots would probably add 20 to
| 80 pounds in addition
| Nitrogen is the most costly of fer
til:zers Let the farmer who is buy
| ing commercial fertilizers consider
! how much money The is annually
throwing away by buying nitrogen
Gus fertilizers when he can grow all
he needs at home, and besides say
ing the money usually paid for this
fertilizer he has in addition in the
velvet bean a very profitable feed
ing crop.
Bean the Cheapest Feed.
'iNo other crop so high in feed
ing value can be produced so Cheap
" or in such quantity on the soies OF
the South as the velvet bean. In
addition to the high value nd the
low cost of production, this crop, un-
like other legumes, may be permitted
to remain in the field until late win
ter without serious injury, as the
pods decay very slowly when. subject
ed to weather conditions; in fact, the
pods and beans are eaten more readl-
ly by livestock after they have sort
ened.'
"a good stand OF velvet beans
should produce about 200 pounds OF
beef and 100 pounds of pork per
acre. When hogs are grazed the
Weld of pork should be 800 to 500
pounds per acre. ''Cattle eat the
entire plant, including the pods, but
hogs reject the pods, so it is better
to have cattle precede the hogs in
grazing. AS the bean contains rela-
lively little oil they do not make
the pork soft, as is the case when
hogs are fattened on cowpeas and
peanuts.
What Variety is Best?
I was recently asked about the ad-
vantage of planting bush velvet
beans l think the answer depends
on whether quantity of beans, guam
tty of foliage. use for fertilizer, o.
other companion crop is most de
sired. The bush is claimed to yield
as much beans in the same length o.
time as the early climbing varietie;
of course it yields less vine and foil
age than the others. Probably the
best way to handle the crop is TO
"hog" or Craze it down; so, if the
seed is not the main object Of the
crop, the longer vin.ng beans are
better. cit is an almost invariable
rule that the earlier a variety ripens
the smaller will be the growth OF
vine and yield Of seed, SO the strong
est growing variety suitable to the
locality should be selected. In
the Coastal Plain section of the Gull
States, the early planting OF cary
maturing varieties has been found
undesirable by some farmers, as the
beans mature so early that the pods
!, of even such varieties as the Georgia
will split and shatter the seed to a
certain extent, and the foliage WI
shed before the corn is gathered and
stock are turned into the field;' so
; when the crop is to be pastured
many farmers prefer to have the
beans frosted before all of the PODS
!, are matured rather than to have
them mature too early, AS most ol
the beans are grown. with corn and
as usually it is the best to plan,
corn early, it is better in many cases
to grow varieties which can be plant.
. ed at the same time as the corn ano
which will mature at the desired
time. When this Is to be done. the
Alabama variety willprove more sat
: isfactory than the Georgia in the
Southern portion of the cotton bet
for it not only natures five to 81,
weeks later, but it produces larger
vine growth and yields more abund
antly." esisss 49,
Corn and Beans.
!, Generally planting with corn i
{ the best and most profitable way II
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