The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 05, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
VELVET BEANS
The Best and Surest Summer Legume
for South Carolina?Great for Feed
and Fertility, Says N. E. Winters,
Extension Agronomist.
Clemson College, April 25.?Of the
great variety of legumes which may
be grown in South Carolina for feed,
pasture, and soil improvement, velvet
beans probably head the list for the
following reasons:
They make a fairly good growth on
the poorest land in the South.
They make a bigger growth than
almost any other legume.
Because of their growth they take
a large amount of nitrogen from the
air; and when plowed under or pastured
off and all residue and manure
incorporated with the soil, most of
this nitrogen and large amounts of or#antic
matter are added to the soil.
Every ton of growth may add to the
soil from 25 to 30 pounds of expea
sive nitrogen.
They will make more milk and meat
per acre as a pasture next fall and
winter than anything farmers
plant this spring.
Last, but not least, when planted in
corn they help to check that "Fodder
pullin' disease," an antiquated and expensive
method of making feed.
Varieties.
Probably the best varieties for
South Carolina are the Early Speckled
or Ninety Day, and the Osceola. The
former matures in about 120 days and
the latter in about 160 days. The Osceola
makes a larger growth of vine
and foliage and larger pods than the
Early Speckled; but as it needs about
40 days longer period, it is not so well
adapted to the upper part of the state.
The Early Epeckled matures anywhere
in South Carolina. Livestock
usually eat the Early Speckled more
readily than the Osceola, although
they like both.
Method of Planting.
Velvet b~ans make more seed and
better pa si ur e if they have a trellis to
run on, and corn is the most profit
able trellis. Most velvet bean grow- !
ers plant them in their corn, in alternate
rows with the corn, using corn
rows 6 1-2 to 7 feet wide. If the length !
of season permits, it is a good plan to
plant the beans from 20 to 30 days .
after the corn, which permits the!
:orn to make more growth before the |
beans begin to entwine around It, and j
results in the corn standing up better
at harvest time.
Another method adapted to the upper
part of the state especially is to j
lay off all rows about four feet apart
and plant every third row to velvet ;
beans with corn in the two rows be- j
tween. This is especially advisable
where the beans are planted at the i
same time as the com. as it takes ;
" longer for the vines to cover the corn ]
and usually leaves a better opening j
- between the two corn rows in which
one may walk in gathering the corn.
Amount of Seed Per Acre.
Farmers are using from one to two !
pecks of seed per acre for planting in j
corn, planting from 12 to 24 inches
apart in the drill. If planted alone in j
rows, about one bushel of seed per i
acre is required, or about six pecks !
broadcast.
Effect on Corn Crop.
The first year the beans may re- j
duce th6 yield of corn About two bush- j
els (about the same reduction as pull- j
ing fodder causes); but the next year i
following a crop of velvet beans the j
yield of corn is likely to be increased i
about 33 per cent, and cotton about 25 ;
percent. On poor soil the increases
are often more than this.
Fertilization and Inoculation.
It is usual to fertilize the corn as !
you otherwise would and let the velvet j
beans use what the corn doesn't get. 1
Some farmers increase the amount of |
their corn fertilizer for the benefit of
the velvet beans. It is never neces- j
sary, however, to increase the amount j
of ammonia in the fertilizer for vel-:
vet beans.
Velvet beans use the same inocula- |
tion as cowpeas, peanuts, and lespe- !
deza or Jan \n clover, hence inocula- j
tion is practicably never necessary, as j
our soils are already inoculated for j
them.
Velvet Bsans?Good Business. j
Velvet beans are the safest and
surest summer legume for South Carolina,
and we are not going to be the :
prosperous state that God intended ;
until everv cornfield in South Carolina i
Is wrapped up in velvet beans every ,
year.
In most of our soils nitrogen is the
limiting element in crop production.
It is also the most expensive part*of
the fertilizer that we buy. Nearly
thirty million dollars was spent in
1920 hv the South Carolina farmers j
for nitrogen; yet it is estimated that j
one square mile of the air contains
enough nitrogen to supply the whole
world for fifty years for crop production.
There are 35.000 tons of nitrogen
in the air above every acre just
waiting to be pulled down and made
available for growing crops by using
velvet beans and other legumes in the
rotation.
Humus, the very foundation of soil
fertility, is also the crying need of
our soils. Velvet beans will help as
much or moro than any othei crop in
nnttdlng up the supply of hum** in the
<otl.
The marketing problem will be well
on the road to solution when growers
are willing to co-operate with their
neiehbor? instead of competing with
Them.
Do yea realize that your county
agent is one of the most valuable
assets to your county?
MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS
Co-operative Selling Will Give Grower
Large Share of Consumer's
Dollar.
Clemson College, May 2.?In marketing
farm products, co-operatively
or otherwise, certain things must be
done. Most of these necessary steps
are included in the following.
1~\ \ TTio fnmmnHitv must hft fJSSMTl
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bled or concentrated.
(2) It must be graded and standardized.
(3) Part of the crop must be warehoused
or processed.
(4) The marketing operation must j
! 6e financed.
J (5) Cheap transportation must be!
provided.
(6) Expert salesmanship must be;
brought into play.
(7) The commodity must be retailed
or distributed to consumers.
The above mentioned steps coming
between the growing and the consum- j
ing of a crop are at present largely:
conducted by the so-called middlemen.!
By looking over the list it is seen that
the ''middlemen" includes the rail-:
roads, bankers, jobbers, retailers, I
warehousemen, and in the case of:
some commodities the manufacturers,!
in addition to speculators.
Co-operative marketing by the grow- j
ers, if it accomplishes its object, will i
effect saving in those steps between
the growing and consuming of a com-!
modity where loss or unnecessary!
waste now occurs. In other words, a :
co-operative marketing association of j
growers will do those things neces-j
sary which are not now being done'
efficiently and will leave alone those
things which are being done properly, j
The following principles of co-opera-j
tive marketing have been put into '
practice by the California associations ! <
and elsewhere and clearly apply to
the eo-oDerative marketing of any, .
commodity. j
(1) Organization bv commodity or;:
crop. I j
(2) Membersship limited to growers '
and to landlords who receive a part j 1
of the crop as rental. j 1
(3) Binding crop contracts between i
growers and association. j 1
(4) Grading of the crop or comYnod- j '
ity and pooling according to grade, j '
(5) The business of the association J
to be handled by experts. I
(6) Organization without capital ]
stock and therefore a non-dividend *
paying association. All profits are
paid to growers, thus making the association
purely co-operative.
Organization by Commodity.
It seems well established that or- *
ganization of a farmers' association; i
by commodity rather than by locality; 1
is essential for success, An organiza- j ?
tion set up for the purpose of market- j <
ing peanuts efficiently might be utter-! I
ly unable to cope with the problems t
involved in marketing cotton or tobac- j I
co. It would not be advisable to try 11
to combine the marketing of cotton j
and peanuts but it would be entirely j 1
feasible to marke* several kinds of j *
truck crops through the same organ-. I
ization because of the similarity of j I
the problems involved. i 1
Limited Membership. ?
Since there is no stock and hence no
dividends in a purely co-operative as- I
sociation there is no inducement for *
anyone to join except those having j r
the commodity to s?ll. In order that
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the association migni reyreBeui, yn- imarily
the interests of growers, mem- t
bership is limited to actual grower*
and landlords who receive part of the ?
crop as rental. f
The Crop Contract.
The crop contract is essential for
the reason that it gives the association ^
title to the commodity for purposes of s
marketing. Without such contract the c
association could not market the com- ~
modity because it would have no con- ?
trol over it. The crop contracts create g
a basis upon which the association j
can more readily borrow money foT i
making advances to growers as first |
payments. (
Grading and Pooling. I
When a member of an association |
delivers his crop it is immediately 8
graded and he is given a receipt for g
the amount of each grade delivered.il
His product is then mixed in with |
that of other member and lots of each l
grade are made up. These lots aro I
called pools. His interest in each I
pool is represented by the proportion j
which the product delivered by him to
the pool bears to the total amount in
that pool. In this way every man receives
the same price for the same
article.
Jrained and Expert Management.
Farmers are too busy with production
ever to .become expert and effl
cient at handling these seven steps in j
marketing. A co-operative marketing
association of growers, if large enough,
may employ the best talent in existence
to work for the growers in eliminating
waste and loss in any one or
in all of these steps.
Pure Co-operation Vs. The Stock
Company Plan.
Organization without capital on a j t
non-dividend paying basis is an es-1
sential principle which has the follow-1 i
ing advantages: (a) It makes it un-1 *
necessary to raise large amounts of j
capital stock: (hi It is sanctioned by!"
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act: (c) It '
turns all profits hack to the growers,
only operating exoenses being de- (
ducted | }
Where co-operative marketing associations
operate Iargelv rural life is i *
j ?
more stable and farminsr offers a more j..
certain liv-ng to those who ensrage in j f
it by reason of the fact that many of j 1
the elements of chance are removed t
from the industry. i
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Livestock Leaks.
Prepare to Care for Animals and
Manufe.
Clemson College, May.?Are you
ready? It is said that opportunity
knocks at the door of every man some
time during his life, and the question
which you must ask yourself is, "Am
I ready?" Are you ready to go into
the livestock game? Is your land well
fenced? Have you the right sort of
pastures? Do you raise your own
feed or must you buy it? It pays to
grind your ax before you start. If
you plan to go into the livestock business
be sure you are ready and then
go in to stay.
Animals make loads of manure. Are
you prepared to save it? The horse
will produce 9 tons, the dairy cow 13
fVi<a ofoor f? tnnQ tVi** hntr 9 trmcr
tV/UO) IU^/ Obwi V VA.A w Wi*w>
and the sheep 2-5 of a ton per year.
Will you save this manure?
The best international harvesters
in the world for corn and velvet beans
are cattle and hogs. The best inter*
national manure spreaders are hogs
and cattle. The grandest fertilizer in
all the world is manure.
On the average a ton of barnyard
manure will contain 10 pounds of nitrogen,
5 pounds of acid, and 10 pounds
of potash. It also contains a large
amount of organic matter which our
South Carolina soils need and must
have.
Experimental Results With Manure.
Did you ever stop to think that
more than half the fertilizing value
of manure is in the liquid manure?
The Ohio Experiment Station found
out that enough manure was lost by
seepage in twelve months' time, even
where liberal amounts of bedding
were used, to pay for concreting the
floor.
Ohio and Cornell Stations ; have
proved that manure exposed in the
barnyard will lose approximately 50
percent of its value. If it is allowed
to heat, the loss runs from 10 to 15
percent greater.
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manure to the field and place it In
piles. This is not a good plan. It
should he immediately spread over
the soil, and the thinner it is spread
the better. A ton of manure thinly
spread will be worth more than one
thickly spread. Thirty-fire years'
^ork at the Pennsylvania Experiment
Station goes to prove that manure put
ra at the rate of 12 tons per acre returned
$3,29 per ton, while manure
out on at the rate of 20 tons per acre
yielded only $2.29 por ton.
Pastures for Pig's.
?
Clem son College, May.?We cannot
nake the hog business go in this state
mless we make good use of our grazng
season. A pig in a pen is lazy
md expensive, while the pig on pas:ure
is happy, thrifty, and profitable.
Sverv experiment station, every ex;ension
department., and every proslerous
hog raiser in this country beieves
in good pastures for hogs.
What can we grow in South Caroina
that hogs will pasture? Rape,,
ye. soybeans, cowpeas, Bermuda, lesjedeza,
velvet beans and many other
mstures do well in this state. Suppose
we try some of these pastures
tnd cut our grain ration in two.
Will hogs do well on pasture alone?
Co, it is best to feed a little grata
vhile the hogs are on the pasture.
Two or.three ears of corn to each
ihote per div will work wonders. The
)asture will maintain the animal and
he grain will make gains in weight.
An acre of goo& pasture will reurn
from 800 to 600 pounds o! port,
i'orj dollars per acre Is net bad
eh en the pigs do the work.
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s hereby called to be held in the city!
null in the town of Bamberg, S. C., on
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