The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-05-04
ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Edited by P W. Huntmer County Agent Merose Minnesota

Extended trials in soy bean culture
carried on on several farms in Stearns
county during the past three years
have proven concluslyely that TINS
leguminous forage plant can pc
grown successfully ana at proht TO
the farmer when used with corn Ior
sileage, corn for hogglng ON, or alone
for catch hay crop. The early Varlet-
les, especially the Wisconsin slack
and Chestnut, have proven the most
satisfactory. These two varieties will
mature seed at about the same time
required for our early types or dent
corn. .
when early soy beans are planted
with corn for sileage, about one third
as much bean seed as corn should be
used. Mix the soy bean and corn In
the planter box in the proportion:
two parts of corn to one OF soy peans:
This corn and soy bean mixture should
be stirred up occasionally in the plant,
ser boxes, otherwise the bean SEED
will work to the bottom and the last
corn drawn from the planter boxes VIII
contain comparatively few oeans,
When soy beans/are planted with corn
intended for sileage. some troupie Is
experienced in cultivat1ng the corn
and soy bean mixture. However, Wnen
the increased feeding value OF lne
corn and soy bean sileage mixture -
taken into consideration. the minor
trouble experienced in cultivation can
be easily overlooked. An acre OF soy
cans, when planted in rows the same
corn. will normally produce as
protein as is contained in ton
tonseed or linseed meal. Grown
with corn they will not pro-
lite as heavy crop as when
n drills by themselves. Soy
lone do not make an entirely
tory sileage. However, some
make practice of planting
ms in rows, cutting at the same
as sileage corn, and working the
beans and corn together through
ensileage cutter.
Undoubtedly one of the most proht-
isle uses which can be made OF soy
beans is for hog pastures. The Deans
can be planted with drill corn lntena-
ed for hogging-off At the time the
beans should be well podded. Few
pounds of rape seed per acre couio
also be sown with corn and soy pean
mixtures just previous TO the lase
cultivation which shout shoutd ee ug1 Se 18th
in normal season the corn should pc
denied and it could be used Tor hoS
pasture from this date until late> IN
the fall. One of the most lmportans
food requirements for growing Digs
is protein, whichN can he proouceo
most economically by Erowlng soy
beans with corn. The soy bean Is al
most equal in protein content 10
some of our best conceutrat es, s"cn
AS linseed and oilmeal. hogs turneu
into a corn and soy bean pasture Will
eat clean the soy bean seei poo al
the entire beean plant. EX.en6ea eA
periments at various State f,xperi,ent
Stations have shown that the Lraotlse
Of hoging-off corn is ad 'isaDie aho
tie value of the hogginS OF practise
cen be materially Increased Dy in'
ing a rich protein feed, sech ds ue
soy bean.
Sow beans make valuable hay when
properly cured and all farm animals
eat it with a great relish. Inc crop
possesses high feeding valIe, aoCu.
equal to alfalfa. When intended LOT
-hay the soy beans may be planted later
than for seed. Good hay croys nave
been secured from beans planted after
June 18th and in several instances as
late as July 18th. When 1T is plante9
for hay, the rows should be spaced
closer together than when planting is
made for sileage or hogging- on. Cut
the hay when the pods are full grown
and before the plant begins to drop
its leaves. The crop may be cut WIN
early in the morning after the dew Is
off or late in the afternoon. II cut IN
the morning they may be aloWeo TO
wilt until late in the afternoon OF tne
same day and then put up In small
cocks. This punching is often done
by hand but horse rake may De
used when the hay is nicely Wllted put
not dry. Do not put the hay up IN un-
protected stacks. If necessary 70
stack. cover the tops and sides with
-. 8 or use some other hay crop
Ding out stacks.
P w. HUNTEMER, +
County Agent.
I'd by G.. S. Taylor Of Hugo,
who who was graduated from
Dol of Agriculture in 1905, Sig
Hope, a Jersey who started
the age of five years and three
has completed an official reg
merit test with y production
j92 pounds of milk resting 6.G5
MT and yielding .06.79 pounds of
fat During this test she carried
O., calf for 1876 days, whicn qnali-
ler for an A. ]. c. g. gold medal.
tevious record, made at two years