Show SOY BEANS profitable FEEDING CROP AND ALSO INCREASE SOIL FERTILITY A soy beans are well adapted to cultivation in rows prepared pared b by abe united states depart ment of 0 agriculture the so soy y been bean can bo be ed to ad ns as posture for till nil kly kinds ids of stock the most method ethod in perhaps being to pasture with alth hogs sup entIng tin flit corn antion ihla tit s 1 4 especially desirable whon the barvest ing Is interfered with b by had bad weather lock lack of jabor or other causes und and when tile crop croll Js Is grown lot foi soil oil jn in in ili tills this way vay tile iho crop Is 19 riot not only from froin the stand point of feeding value but also in the he of soft boll fertility duo due to tile the manure find refuse vines lines hogs great ly relish the lw lenn bean plant the he ripening opening pods and seed till it 0 considerable purt part of the growth gioth of aurig hors hogs fully be made with soy poy bean posture AnI ninIs ready lendy for fats telling may lo be fitted for market much more rapidly if soy beans are used to lo supplement the corn ration test in alabama in ili pasturage ta conducted tit nt the Ala alabama baina or ex station soy beans peanuts chufang tl arid sorghum compared us pus for hogs it was MUS found that when cn corti corn alone was vaa fed pounds of pork cost when fed if it a two thirds milan of corn coin and pas aured on oil churns chufas in pounds of pork cost 8 89 on sorghum r on oil peanuts 0 anti on soy sop beans enns the average gain ot of the pigs each day OR on soy belan pm itu ivas pounds on oil tho peo pen lint Past pastille lIVO pounds on oil tho the chuan 0 sa pound end on oil tile sor chuin pasture pound the same station reports three years work ork in feeding hogs logs to clio value of soy apan pasture ns compared with other feeds tile the most quantity of corn COI 11 ns as a supplement find tile tho effect of tile the soybean soy soi bean borago on oil tile the quality of tho the pork it was found that when corn ans was used alone the average dolly daily gain for each hog was whon beall pasture e wn mis grazed alth a i one fourth fourt li one half and three fourths lour tta ration of corn the average dall daily gains were raised to 1102 1000 nod 1329 1320 pounds respectively end tho the cost of pork reduced ced to 2 DO 8 30 nod and cents respectively ono one acre of soybean soy boy bean hean pasture afforded grazing for 30 10 liggs logs for 82 days with it a one fourth ration of corn 48 days with a ono halt ration and 62 days daya with alth p i three fourths atlon of corn tito tho total otal value of pork produced on enell acre of soybean soy bean benn posture pasture varied froni 2591 to kentucky experiment tho the kentucky agricultural expert ment station in a series of experiments with boylean boy lean beadi pasture tor for hogs found that hint it was riot not to hog down soy bonus beans grain unless it sup BUR tury feed Is riven given the ali showed however that it was highly to lie hog lawn down soy poy baans if it supplementary led feed such euch its curn I 1 la given the lot of f hogs receiving 2 L I 1 per cent of its weight in cornmeal corn ineal daily produce I 82 pounds of pork to the be acre tit ot d R cost ut of per hundred pounds of gain an ali acre of soy benna bogge hogged d oft off with it a supplementary ford feed of oc corn produced ceeil for 10 hogs hoga for 21 days and for 20 a hogs for pit nil addition ill 21 days an ali acre of soy benna with no corn fed lie hogs bogs produced feed for 10 hogs logs for 21 joys wid for 15 hogs for nn all additional 11 14 1 1 days daya various methods of tire 1 used when the twy hoy bean Is 1 to bo be utilized for pasture purposes in tile the southern states especially north Carol caroltin hin where a considerable acre fige Is used for hog posture train from one find it 11 linof to two bushels of heed are sown bown broadcast tit at tho the last work ing or oc tile the corn tito tho hogs hoga tire turned in when tile tho seed la Is fully mature corn and soy roy beans are sometimes grown together tind pastured flown down as Is often dono done with ith corn or the tic two crops may inny bo be planted lit in alternate rows for young hogs the lie beans fire are often planted alone soybean soy bean pasture may be supplied for a period of several weeks by planting early tint and into varieties early maturing varlet leg lilay inny he be sown after small grains till and make clent growth to supply considerable feed in tile the fall soy noy benna beans may inny be pastured at tiny any binic front from tha stage when tile bofis fire one half filled tint until I 1 I 1 t the lit 1 beans e an 8 or are 0 when hogs ciofi 3 have been pastured on soy beans lone alone there Is a tendency for the lard to soft tills may le be overcome very materially hy by feeding tile hogs on it grain ration after inking them from the iho pasture the feeding of oc corn alone for four or five weeks lies produced orm lard while corn wid cottonseed ineal used ln in the proportion of three parts of corn to one wirt of cottonseed meat meal lies has given the best results |