. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. VELVET BEAN VELVET BEAN 657 Place in the rotation.—When grown and fed on the land or plowed back into the soil, the velvet bean makes an excellent preparation for corn, cotton and sugar-cane. The nitrogen and humus supplied are of great value and the mechanical condition of the soil is vastly improved. The only crop in conjunction with which the velvet bean may be planted to advantage is corn. Planted at the same time or after the corn, it usually does not
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. VELVET BEAN VELVET BEAN 657 Place in the rotation.—When grown and fed on the land or plowed back into the soil, the velvet bean makes an excellent preparation for corn, cotton and sugar-cane. The nitrogen and humus supplied are of great value and the mechanical condition of the soil is vastly improved. The only crop in conjunction with which the velvet bean may be planted to advantage is corn. Planted at the same time or after the corn, it usually does not begin to run until the latter is well grown. In the rotation, the velvet beans must generally be given the ground for one whole season. Two- or four-year rotations with corn and cotton may be arranged as follows: Two-year.—(1) corn and velvet beans; (2) cotton. Pour-year.— (1) corn; (2) velvet beans; (3) cotton; (4) velvet beans. Sviseqibent care.—After the beans are up, the ground should be cultivated two or three times to conserve moisture and keep down the weeds until the plants are well started. Then the vines grow rapidly, soon shade the ground and smother out all weeds and other vegetation that may attempt to grow. In a well-conducted rotation, the crop may be made to play no mean part in weed eradication. In fact, the vines take possession of and clamber over almost anything that may be growing on the land, and shrubs and small trees are often destroyed. The introduction of a bush variety would be a decided improvement in many ways. For seed production.—To secure a good crop of seed in the extreme South, the crop should be planted not later than the third week in April. Larger quantities of seed will be secured if the vines are given something to run on. An excellent method is to plant them with corn and cut the corn just below the bottom ear as soon as it is matured, leaving the lower part of the stalks as a support. It is not best to leave the whole length of
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