. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 214 BEAN, BROAD BEGGARWEED After flax oats gave . . After grain oats gave . After broad bean oats gave After soybean oats gave . After corn oats gave . After millet oats gave . Bus. .49 . 58 .69 .49 . 52 .43 lbs. 14 28 14 14 32 18 Length of straw 40 to 45 in. 43 to 48 in. 46 to 50 in. 40 to 45 in. 40 to 45 in. 36 to 40 in. The next year barley was grown on the same plots as the above, with the following results: Length of straw 37 to 39 in. 36 to 38 in. 38
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 214 BEAN, BROAD BEGGARWEED After flax oats gave . . After grain oats gave . After broad bean oats gave After soybean oats gave . After corn oats gave . After millet oats gave . Bus. .49 . 58 .69 .49 . 52 .43 lbs. 14 28 14 14 32 18 Length of straw 40 to 45 in. 43 to 48 in. 46 to 50 in. 40 to 45 in. 40 to 45 in. 36 to 40 in. The next year barley was grown on the same plots as the above, with the following results: Length of straw 37 to 39 in. 36 to 38 in. 38 to 40 in. 33 to 35 in. Bus. lbs. .35 .39 After flax, 2 years previous, barley After grain, 2 years previous, barley After broad bean, 2 years previous, barley 40 After soybean, 2 years previous, barley 31 32 BEGGARWEED. Desmodium tortuosum, D. G. LeguminoscB. (The name Meibomia is now often substituted for Desmodium.) Giant Beggarweed, Florida Clover. Figs. 305, 306, 307. By H. Harold Hume. A strong, upright, branched annual, grown far South for hay, forage and cover-crop, reaching a height of six to eight feet, with broad, trifol- ioliate leaves and small inconspicuous flowers in panicled racemes. The seeds are small, yellow- ish, flattened, and resemble red clover in weight, and in- size, shape and color ; they are borne in hispid, jointed pods, which break apart at maturity and cling to the coats of animals or cloth- ing of persons. It is closely related to the beggar-lice of the North. Beg- garweed is a leguminous plant, in its general value and characteristics re- sembling the clovers. Most plants of this genus are weeds, this particular one being the only species grown as a cultivated crop. It is found as a native plant in the West Indies, and throughout northern Florida and south- /â ern Georgia, while in culti- / vation it is found all over Florida and elsewhere in the southern states. Culture. The seed is slow in starting, usually not germinating until June, and unles
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