Author: Roland McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Winter Legumes for Green Manure in the Cotton Belt
Author: Roland McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Winter Legumes for Green Manure in the Cotton Belt
Author: Roland McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Green manure crops
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Winter Legumes For Green Manure in the Cotton Belt
Author: Roland McKeeVelvet Beans
Author: Samuel Mills TracyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"The velvet bean is the most vigorous-growing annual legume cultivated in the United States. With the introduction and discovery of early-maturing varieties the area planted to velvet beans in the United States increased from less than 1,000,000 acres in 1915 to more than 5,000,000 acres in 1917. One or more varieties of velvet beans can be grown successfully in nearly all parts of the cotton belt. The Georgia and Alabama varieties constituted at least 80 per cent of the acreage in 1917. As velvet beans are very susceptible to cool weather, they should not be planted until the soil has become warm. The crop is especially adapted to the well-drained portions of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain areas, and it is in these sections that the greatest acreage is to be found. Velvet beans will make a fair to good growth on the heavy clay soils in the northern portion of the cotton belt provided these soils are fairly fertile. Velvet beans are usually planted with corn. They may be planted in the same row as the corn or in separate rows. Two rows of corn to one of beans is the most popular method of planting. The yield of corn may be decreased slightly by the beans, but the value of the beans for green-manure and feeding purposes will be much greater than the loss to the corn crop. The most important use of the velvet bean is as a grazing crop for cattle and hogs in autumn and winter. The velvet bean is the best annual-legume crop grown in the South for soil improvement. On account of the extensive, tangled growth of vines it is necessary to pick velvet beans by hand. From 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds is usually paid for picking the beans. The usual yield of velvet beans in the pods is from one-half to 1 ton per acre. Velvet beans make an excellent feed for cattle and hogs. Feeding experiments show that 2 to 2 1/2 pounds of velvet beans in the pod are equal to 1 pound of high-grade cottonseed meal." -- p. 2
Sweetclover in Corn Belt Farming
Author: Altus Lacy QuaintancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Backyard gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Changes in Technology and Labor Requirements in Crop Production
Author: William C. HolleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Quick Bibliography Series
Author: Studies of Changing Techniques and Employment in Agriculture
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Corn Earworm as an Enemy of Field Corn in the Eastern States
Author: William Jeter PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Reed Canary Grass
Author: Harry August SchothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reed canary grass
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description