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The two-rowed is the favorite malting type and the 

 six-rowed is in highest esteem for stock feed. 

 Chevalier is, perhaps, the most prominent variety 

 of the malting types, while Manshury easily takes 

 the lead of the stock-feed types. The hull-less 

 barley is grown for feed. It is somewhat earlier 

 than the hulled sorts, but usually yields much 

 lighter. Success is a variety that has given good 

 satisfaction at high elevations. 



The prejudice against feeding barley in this coun- 

 try is unfounded. While not equal to corn for 

 fattening purposes, for growing stock it stands at 

 the head of grains. On pigs it produces flesh of 

 the highest quality. Barley hay does not have a 

 high feeding value and is only grown where more 

 valuable forage crops do not thrive. 



BEANS.— See Field Beans. 



BEGGAR WEED. — A leguminous plant used in 

 the Southern states for hay and soil improvement. 

 It grows from 3 to 7 feet high and is a superior 

 plant for sandy soils, including the hammock and 

 pine lands of Florida and other gulf coast sections. 

 Four or 5 pounds of clean seed are sown to the 

 acre for soil-renovating purposes and from 8 to 10 

 for haying purposes. The seed should not be sown 

 until the soil is warm, the best time being just 

 before the summer rains. Usually two crops can 

 be secured, the first crop being cut at the time the 

 first flowers appear. Beggar weed yields anywhere 

 from 2 to 5 tons an acre and the hay produced is 

 liked as well as red clover hay. For green manur- 

 ing there is perhaps no crop superior. If 3 or 4 

 pounds of seed are seeded in corn at the last cul- 

 tivation, splendid pasturage will be secured during 

 the rest of the season. It is not a weed and does 



