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Tht  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
November  10,  1923 
Sudan  Grass  and  Soy  Beans 
NORTH  CAROLINA  CROP.— With  this  I 
am  sending  you  a  photograph  of  a  field  of 
Sudan  grass  and  Soy  beans  on  the  farm  of 
Mr.  E.  B.  Foushee,  just  outside  of  Rox- 
boro,  N.  C.  The  crop  was  planted  on  Au¬ 
gust  5  and  the  picture  was  taken  on 
October  2,  the  day  it  was  cut.  Mr.  Foushee,  who  is 
shown  standing  in  the  grass,  is  6  ft.  tall.  The  wind 
was  blowing  hai*d,  so  the  grass  does  not  show  up  to 
its  full  height.  Estimated  yield,  four  to  live  tons  of 
dry  hay  per  acre,  and  a  hay  that  is  superior  to  Tim¬ 
othy  in  feeding  value,  and  better  liked  by  the  stock. 
Does  not  this  answer  your  question  of  a  few  weeks 
ago  as  to  what  hay  crop  can  be  grown  as  a  second 
crop?  The  Sudan  was  just  heading  and  the  beans 
setting.  Both  would  have  made  far  more  and  even 
better  hay  if  left  for  two  or  three  weeks  longer,  but 
the  weather  was  perfect  for  hay  drying,  and  Mr. 
Foushee*  was  afi’aid  *fo  wait.  If  frost  holds  off  till 
the  middle  of  Novembex*,  as  usual,  there  will  be  an¬ 
other  light  cutting  of  the  grass  or  a  lot  of  mighty 
good  pasture.  This  four-acre  lot  is  on  a  side  hill. 
this  county  does  not  feed  itself.  Why?  The  average 
tobacco  grower — this  is  a  tobacco  county — prefers 
to  grow  and  sell  tobacco  and  buy  Western  hay  and 
sliipstuff  to  growing  his  own  feed.  Lots  of  them 
have  said  to  me:  “I  know  how  to  grow  tobacco,  but 
I  do  not  know  how  to  grow  and  handle  hay,  and  I 
am  too  old  to  learn.”  This  is  why  the  country  looks 
so  poverty-stricken  to  tourists  passing  through.  Re¬ 
gardless  of  the  moral  side  of  the  question,  tobacco 
gi'owing  is  an  economic  curse  to  every  section,  that  I 
have  been  in,  and  I  am  fairly  familiar  with  the  to¬ 
bacco  sections  of  four  States.  The  growers  claim 
that  they  cannot  grow  “good”  tobacco  after  legumes, 
especially  clover;  rye  does  not  make  a  very  efficient 
Winter  cover  crop,  so  the  farming  system  that  goes 
with  tobacco  growing  results  in  soil  degeneration. 
The  higher  the  price  of  tobacco  the  faster  the  de¬ 
generation. 
PREPARING  FOR  A  HAY  SHORTAGE.— To  the 
farmer  east  of  the  Blue  Ridge  who  is  faced,  next 
Spi-ing,  with  a  hay  shortage,  I  would  say,  plant  Su¬ 
dan  and  Soy  beans  at  corn  planting  time,  or  later. 
for  Hay  Crops 
exhibitors  could  not  understand  Prof.  Yapp’s  rea¬ 
sons  for  giving  first  place  to  Gordon  Riley  of  Bruns¬ 
wick,  Ohio,  and  second  to  Harold  Fogg  of  Bridgeton, 
N.  J.  Although  it  was  hard  to  satisfy  the  young 
critics,  Prof.  Yapp  really  was  right,  as  he  explained 
the  points  of  the  animals  in  question. 
It  was  a  lively  scene,  as  the  animals  were  frisky 
and  some  of  the  youngsters  so  small  they  found  it 
impossible  to  hold  their  charges  quietly. 
The  pi-izes  were  well  scattered  over  the  several 
States  sending  juniors  to  the  big  event.  New  Jer¬ 
sey  sent  the  largest  number,  GO,  in  a  special  train, 
and  they,  with  Maryland  young  folks,  captured  a 
lot  of  awards,  New  York  boys  and  girls  did  well, 
too. 
Perhaps  one  of  the  most  striking  awards  was  that 
of  first  prize  and  championship  honors  to  little 
Clinton  Stinson  of  Tioga  County.  His  bright,  chubby 
face,  alert  manner,  natty  unifoimx,  and  beautiful 
calf  won  all  hearts. 
When  the  photographer,  with  an  eye  to  the  pic¬ 
torial  value  of  the  pair,  asked  Clinton  if  he  would 
Combination  of  Sudan  Crass  and  Soy  Beans — Second  Crop  hi  North  Carolina.  Fig.  613 
and  the  soil  is  the  red  loam  that  is  so  prevalent  in 
the  Piedmont  section,  from  the  Savannah  to  the  Rari¬ 
tan  River. 
FOLLOWING  OATS  AND  VETCH— A  good  crop 
of  oats  and  vetch  was  cut  off  this  lot  in  June,  and  it 
was  Mr.  Foushee’s  intention  to  plant  the  Sudan-Soy 
crop  at  once,  but  the  ground  was  too  dry  then  to 
plow.  When  the  July  rains  came  (we  had  an  unusu¬ 
ally  long  Summer  dry  spell  this  year)  he  was  too 
busy  with  other  woi*k  to  plow  the  land,  and  the  only 
preparation  the  land  got  was  given  with  the  disk 
harrow  just  at  planting  time.  Last  year  the  same 
crops  were  grown  on  this  lot,  the  second  crop  being 
planted  immediately  after  the  oats  and  vetch  crop 
was  out,  and  two  heavy  cuttings  were  made,  the  first 
of  grass  and  beat  }  giving  fully  seven  tons  of  hay 
per  acre,  and  the  second  three  tons  or  more.  This, 
with  the  vetch,  made  around  50  tons  of  hay  taken 
from  the  four-acre  lot  in  one  Summer.  Probably 
those  farmers  who  have  never  seen  any  bigger  hay 
crops  than  clover  and  Timothy  on  bottom  land  will 
want  some  salt  to  aid  in  digesting  this,  but  those 
who  have  seen  the  enormous  crops  of  sorghum  and 
cow  peas  grown  will  see  that  this  is  no  exaggeration. 
I  know  of  no  crop  that  will  answer  more  readily  to 
applications  of  commercial  fertilizers  than  Sudan 
and,  with  stable  manure  added,  there  is  no  trouble 
in  growing  big  crops  of  it.  Mi*.  Foushee  has  but  18 
acres  of  land  and  carries  over  30  head  of  cows  and 
horses. 
A  TOBACCO  COUNTRY.— Now  do  not  get  the 
idea  that  this  is  a  hay-growing  section,  for  it  is  not; 
To  die  New  York  farmer  (I  am  from  the  upper  Sus¬ 
quehanna  Valley)  1  would  suggest  that  if  his  clover 
is  winter-killed  it  may  pay  him  pretty  well  to  plow 
it  up  and  plant  Sudan  and  Soy  beans.  With  some 
♦stable  manure  and  a  good  dressing  of  acid  phosphate 
he  ought  to  get  two  good  cuttings  of  three  to  six  tons 
each  pex  acre,  and  have  the  second  one  off  in  time  to 
sow  wheat.  f.  a.  brown. 
'Young  Champions 
VERYONE  can  sympathize  with  the  judge  who 
has  the  placing  of  awards  in  a  contest  where 
there  is  so  much  merit  and  so  little  choice  as  in  ex¬ 
hibits  of  the  boys  and  girls,  100  in  number,  who 
brought  their  prize  calves,  cows,  heifers,  and  yeai*l- 
ings,  each  a  county  or  State  winner,  to  the  World’s 
I)aii*y  Show. 
A  glance  at  the  picture  of  the  young  Tioga  County 
dairyman  on  the  first  page  assures  us,  however,  that 
the  judge  was  absolutely  right  in  the  placing  of  at 
least  one  award.  Anyone  with  half  an  eye  can  see 
that  Master  Clinton  Stinson,  age  seven,  of  Spencer, 
N.  Y.,  and  pet  Ayrshire  calf,  is  a  million  dollar 
combination,  or  the  multiple  of  one.  It  was  said 
that  Prof.  W.  W.  Yapp,  of  State  College,  Illinois, 
who  placed  the  awards  on  the  calf  clubs’  exhibits, 
had  his  hands  full.  The  young  folks  entered  the 
ring  and  closed  up  in  a  dense  circle  about  him  to 
watch  Ms  work,  and  in  their  keen  interest  they  often 
demanded  “Why?”  when  a  ribbon  was  placed. 
When  Holstein  yearlings  were  placed  the  youthful 
like  to  get  his  picture  taken,  he  said:  “Well,  this 
might  not  happen  again.  But  hurry,  as  my  father 
says  I  ought  to  see  the  rest  of  this  judging.”  Then 
followed  a  lively  time  as  the  excited  young  owner  ( 
and  his  frisky  calf  were  posed  for  the  camera.  But 
the  results'  justified  any  effort,  as  readers  of  The 
R.  N.-Y.  will  agree. 
The  awards  in  this  interesting  national  contest 
for  juniors  were  as  follows: 
Holstein  yearlings:  First,  Gordon  Riley,  Bruns¬ 
wick,  Ohio;  second,  J.  Harold  Fogg,  Bridgeton,  N. 
.T. ;  third,  Joseph  Ivrog,  Plainfield,  N.  J. ;  fourth. 
Pearl  Walkei*,  Gaithersburg,  Md. ;  fifth,  Grover  Iv. 
Walkei*,  Gaithersburg,  Md. ;  sixth,  William  R. 
Walkei*,  Gaithei*sburg,  Md. 
Jersey  heifer  calves:  First,  Stanley  W.  Kagan, 
Pottersville,  N.  J. ;  second,  Fendall  Cushing,  Street, 
Md. ;  third,  Walter  Bean,  Jr.,  Sherbourne,  N.  Y. ; 
fourth,  Barbara  Lucksinger,  Onondaga  Valley,  N.  Y. ; 
fifth,  Donald  Stubbs,  Delta,  Pa.;  sixth,  Alfred  Ka¬ 
gan,  Pottersville,  N.  J. 
Jersey  yearling  heifers:  First,  Ernest  Juliano, 
Medford,  N.  J. ;  second,  Mason  Wilson,  Pylesville, 
Md. ;  third,  William  G.  Rowlinson,  Oxford,  N.  Y. ; 
fourth,  Peter  Lucksinger,  Onondaga  Valley,  N.  Y. ; 
fifth,  Lloyd  Lallman,  Columbus,  N.  J. ;  sixth,  Harold 
Rindge,  Monson,  Mass. 
Jersey  two-yeax*-olds :  First,  Donald  Poinsett,  Co¬ 
lumbus,  N.  J. ;  second,  Herbert  Harriett,  Medford, 
N.  J. 
Ayrshire  heifer  calves :  First.  Clinton  Stinson, 
Spencei*.  N.  Y. ;  second,  William  Elting,  Watertown, 
