337 
1912. 
THE LITTLE ASIATIC BEAN. 
R. L. M., Jailton, Term .—On page 61, A. 
X., New Jersey, inquires concerning the green 
pea.. Probably I have the article he wants; 
have been growing it for 10 or 12 years. 
It is not a pea, but a bean, grows from 18 
inches to 24 inches in height, not vining at 
all. I know it as the China bean or pea, 
it has a fuzzy leaf. The bean is about the 
size of a No. 5 birdshot, and the pod 
three or four inches in length, arranged 
in a cluster from three to five in a whorl 
at the apex of a peduncle or seed stem; 
very prolific and it is possible in this cli¬ 
mate to grow two crops a year from the 
same seed, but not practical. I plant 
about the middle of May, and let chickens 
harvest the crop, except for seed. I think 
it would yield 15 or 20 bushels per acre; 
could be mowed and thrashed like wheat or 
oats. 
Ans. —The little green seeds are those 
of Phaseolus radiatus, the smallest and 
least known of the three valuable 
Asiatic beans recently introduced to 
American cultivation, and which bid 
fair to revolutionize methods of stock 
feeding and soil renovation in locali¬ 
ses where the climate allows them to 
thrive. The cow-pea, Vigna Catjang or 
Chinensis, and the Soy bean, Glycine 
hispida, are others of the trio. Phase¬ 
olus radiatus, also known as P. 
Mungo in many botanical works, grows 
wild and is everywhere cultivated in 
China and India, especially in the great 
plains of the latter country, and in a 
great many varying forms ascends to 
an elevation of 6,000 feet in the Hima¬ 
layas and other high mountains. It is 
,u;sed for culinary purposes as well 
as for feeding stock and poultry and 
when sprouted and divested of its seed 
coats forms the staple of chop-suey and 
other well-known Chinese dishes. 
P. radiatus needs more heat than the 
Soy bean, coming closer to the cow 
pea in this respect. It will probably 
not prove as useful for green manur¬ 
ing as either of these extremely val¬ 
uable plants, but as a food producer 
for stock, poultry and humans is well 
worth extensive trials. Seeds do not 
appear to be offered by dealers in this 
country, but have been distributed in 
limited quantities by the U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture and various ex¬ 
periment stations and are in the hands 
of private growers. They are about 
the smallest of the bean family, barely 
exceeding ordinary birdshot in size as 
remarked by R. L. M. For this 
reason they are particularly well adapt¬ 
ed for chick and pigeon feeding. How¬ 
ever, the green “peas” in commercial 
chick foods appear rather to be green- 
seeded forms of the Soy bean than 
seeds of Phaseolus radiatus. The 
former are largely imported for feed¬ 
ing purposes as well as produced in 
this country. P. radiatus, which might 
be called the little bean, on account of 
its minute size, is so well adapted for 
the purpose that its cultivation should 
be encouraged . 
To the above highly useful legumes 
should be added the Velvet bean 
Mucuna pruriens, native of the tropics 
of both hemispheres, and the classical 
Chick pea, the Cicer arietum of the 
ancients. Velvet beans are grown for 
forage and soil improvement in Florida 
and the humid Gulf States to great 
advantage, while the Chick pea, more 
lately introduced, is best adapted to 
the arid Southwest, as reproducing 
more nearly the conditions of its 
ancient Mediterranean home. It is 
palatable and nourishing as an esculent 
and valuable in many ways. This 
quintet of useful Old World plants 
needs only the addition of the well- 
known lentil, Ervum lens, now 
scarcely grown in America, to complete 
the array of leguminous acquisitions. 
_ V. 
Kudzu in Missouri.—The R. N.-Y. re¬ 
cently stated that the kudzu vine will prob- 
ably thrive in the Ozark region of .Missouri. 
Kudzu grows well on rocky hillsides neat 
Washington, D. C., and I see no reason 
why it should not do well In the Ozarks. 
S. M. TRACT. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Small Batches of Lime-Sulphur. 
For several years we have been boiling 
our own lime-sulphur solution, using the 
50-100-50 formula recommended by Prof. 
Stewart, of State College. We do our boil¬ 
ing in an ordinary iron kettle, sometimes 
in the open air and at other times on a 
covered fireplace. For two years we used 
a kettle w-hich was also used for butchering 
and like purposes. We found, however, 
that it took considerable work to make it 
thoroughly clean. This year we borrowed 
one from a neighbor who uses it for such 
purposes only. The kettle holds 18 gallons, 
and hence it requires three boilings to make 
a barrel. My brother and I boiled a barrel 
lately and we expect to boil another soon. 
In the first batch of 18 gallons the 40-80-50 
formula was used. This, I think, is the one 
recommended by the Geneva Station. A 
glass jar was filled with the solution and 
cooled to 60 degrees F., the temperature at 
which the hydrometer test should be made. 
The hydrometer then showed 1.225 specific 
gravity, or nearly 27 degrees Beaumg. Our 
hydrometer has both scales, but we prefer 
the specific gravity, as the dilution is 
easier figured out. In cooling the liquid we 
found that the reading of the hydrometer 
varies considerably according to the tem¬ 
perature. The instrument was plunged into 
the solution when it was quite hot and then 
showed only 1.20 specific gravity. We 
made frequent tests while the jar was being 
cooled in a bucket of cold water, and found 
that the test read higher as the liquid be¬ 
came cooler. The reading at a temperature 
of 60 degrees F. was 2y 2 degrees lower than 
when the solution was hot. Not being 
satisfied with the test got by our first 
boiling the other batches were compounded 
according to the 50-100-50 formula. We 
found that this solution contained more 
sludge than that of the first batch. The 
glass jar was again filled and allowed to 
settle. The next morning it tested 1.28 
specific gravity, which would be about 32 
degrees B. This, however, was at a tem¬ 
perature of 30 degrees F. We consider 
this a highly satisfactory test, being per¬ 
haps the highest we ever - got. Our ex¬ 
perience with the lime-sulphur solution as 
a remedy for San JosC* scale has been most 
satisfactory. Four years ago, before we be¬ 
gan to spray, our orchard was nearly 
ruined by this pest. As a result of thorough 
spraying we now have this post well under 
control, but we propose to continue the 
good work. john n. horst. 
Franklin Co., Pa. 
YOURBIG'MONEY 
CROP" IS YOUR 
APPLE CROP 
Lime in Washington. 
Please tell that Washington State man 
that the reason he needs no lime in his 
orchards or Alfalfa fields is that his soil, 
derived from volcanic rocks, has in it from 
li /2 to four per cent of carbonate of lime 
already. Limestone rocks, it must be re¬ 
membered. are comparatively a recent crea¬ 
tion ; their lime came from substances that 
existed previously on the earth. I would 
not mention this only that some may be 
misled by the Washington man’s letter and 
conclude that plants on the Pacific coast 
got along without lime, while the truth is 
they have it in great abundance except on 
the western slope of the Cascade Range. 
Ohio. READER. 
Cow Peas and Soy Beans in Corn. 
Can you inform me as to southern-grown 
seed of cow peas and Soy beans growing 
In this section? I would like some crop 
to sow in corn at last cultivation to plow 
under. Crimson clover will not grow, al¬ 
though Cow-horn turnips will. Can you 
recommend any crop? C. E. w. 
Cliittenango, N. Y. 
Neither cow peas nor Soy beans will do 
to sow in corn at the last cultivation. 
Both crops require a long season of Sum¬ 
mer weather. In the far South cow peas 
would answer in the corn, but not in the 
North. We should sow a combination of 
rye, Hairy vetch and Cow-horn turnips. A 
good crop to turn under in the North is 
Canada field peas. 
You can make more profit from the 
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anything else you can raise—and 
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to making a crop of wheat, 
oats, corn or potatoes. 
Apples, for instance, will 
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more per acre—not once 
in a while, but on a regu¬ 
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far-away place, but right 
in your own locality. 
You can prove this in 
your own orchard, this 
year. With a few pruning 
tools, a little fertilizer, a plow, and a 
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SULPHUR 
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