Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-06-25
Farmers Ask For Help

Crop This Year
Farmers Ask For Help
Crop reports indicate short hay
crop for 1925 due to the very unfay-
orable spring for the growth Of grass
and clovers The prospect generally
over West Virginia appears poor ITO
representatives of the Extension
Division who have visited many Of
the counties.
Many farmers are becoming more
or less concerned about their hay
supply for this next winter and a
number of inquiries have been re-
ceived at the Extension Office of the
College of Agriculture relative to
suitable catch crops to supply this
shortage.
Two weeks ago the best crop to
seed for this purpose was generally
soybeans. Today it is still soybeans
plus Sudan Grass. Seed 6 pecks Of
soybeans with 10 pounds Of Sudan
Grass seed per acre. Be sure to in
oculate the soybean seed. This is
very simply done by getting dirt
from a field where soybeans having
nodules on the roots grew last year
Put the dirt in a coarse feed bag.
Pour the seed one bushel at time
into a tub and sprinkle with very
little water. Stir the seed with the
hands or a stick until all the beans
take on a film of)moisture. Very lit
tie water, one pint will take care Of
several bushels of seed). Shake the
bag containing the dirt over the tub
till about a half pint Of dust has
sifted through the bag into the soy
beans. Stir the seeds again until all
are dirty. This is very easy to do
and the seed may be drilled at once.
This is to guarantee your feed sup
ply this winter. X
to July 4th with reasonable assur-
ance of a good crop. Two or three
tons per acre are not uncommon
yields.
\ See your farmers cooperative or
other seedman as soon as possible a.
bout your seed requirements.
Many Soybean Varieties Under Test
In Eighteen Counties
The Agricultural Extension Di-
vision and the Department of Agron-
omy of the West Virginia College of
Agriculture in cooperation with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture now
have in progress soybean variety
tests. in eighteen different counties of
the State. The object of these tests
is to determine more definitely just
which varieties are best suited to the
various sections, as West Virginia is
a state of wide variation IN climate.
There are numerous varieties on the
market but previous tests at the ex-
pertinent station at Morgantown and
the sub-station at Maggie have
shown the number suited to West
Virginia to be comparatively few.
1t is this small group along with
several new strains originated at the
state experiment station and the U.
S. Department of Agriculture that
have been put in the various tests.
During August and September r.
representatives. of the cooperating a
gencies will again visit the plots an
farmers of the respective sect
will assemble for field meetings for
the purpose Of making observations
and study of soy bean problems.
Later in the season definite yield
data will be collected from the var
ious plots in a number of these tests.
This will be available in the form of
an experiment station publication.
No crop has in recent years in
creased so rapidly in popularity in
West Virginia as soybeans and con-
seouently the tests are creating wide
interest.
Tests are in progress in the follow
ing counties: Monongalia, Mason,
Berkeley, Mineral, Randolph, Barbour,
Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Doddrid &c,
Richie, Roane, Peasants, Tyler, Ca
bell, Mercer, Fayette and Monroe.
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