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FOUNDED 1886,
Vol. XXXII. NoVll.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917
a Year ; 5ca Copy ,
Velvet
Beans
SOUTH of parallel 34 in the Gulf states and
Georgia, that is, south of a line running through
norm cemrai vjeuigia, Mauaiuu- auu miaoia
jl sippi and southern Arkansas and Oklahoma, and
H in most of South Carolina and eastern North Car-
olina, few crops will pay better this year than vel
jj vet beans. Especially is this true if the early
( maturing varieties like, the Early Speckled and
) Osceola are used. The former variety especially
! has demonstrated its worth nearly everywhere in
H the territory above outlined, and the Osceola, a
' !j new variety with much larger pods, apparently is
proving equally early-and probably even more
j prolific. - . ' '
! Velvet beans are especially valuable in that
S they can be planted in corn in May and a double
crop of corn and beans thus made, without either
materially interfering with the other. Yields of
twenty bushels of beans per acre are common, and
as beans have a feeding value almost equal to that
of corn, it will be seeir that the product of an acre
capable of producing twenty bushels of corn may
be practically doubled by planting beans in the
corn. Another advantage of the beans is that the
hogs and cattle will harvest them during the fall
and winter without any expense to the grower.
As a gatherer of nitrogen and provider of
humus, and consequently as a soil-builder, the
velvet bean is right at tfiV top. Cases are on
record where a crop of bean vines plowed under
has actually doubled the yield of the preceding
year. The rank growth of vines also provides an
excellent summer cover crop, preventing washing
and promoting bacterial life in the soil.
Farmers everywhere in the lower half or two
thirds of the Cotton Belt should plant some velvet
beans this .year; the seed are cheap, and the
amounts of feed and plant food produced are
large.
. DON'T FAIL TO READ Paee
Ground Phosphate Rock Versus Acid
Phosphate . . . . V . . . .
Description and Life History of the
Boll Weevil . . . : . . ; . .
Plant Foods : From the Air and From
the Soil . ' ; . . . .
Warninor:' Danger . . .11
Fortifying Against the Boll Weevil . 16
Knowing Why Makes Work a Pleas
ure Instead of Drudgery
Six Things to Do This Week and Next
A Progressive North Carolina Legisla
ture , . . . r-.. . . .
Bishop Grundtvig: His Work in Den
mark ' '.
The North' CaroWa Crop Lien Bill ! 22
wnat Kaiffeisen Did for German
Farmers
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