. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. ot many. In addition to plants of theclover group, the chief of these are the field pea, thecommon vetch, the cowpea and the soy bean. Thecowpea and the soy bean are in a sense the comple-ments of the field pea and the common vetch, whenconsidered from the standpoint of will be considered separately. THE FIELD PEA. Outside the clover family, the field pea (Pisiimsativum) is probably the most valuable legumethat is now grown on this continent. The esti-
. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. ot many. In addition to plants of theclover group, the chief of these are the field pea, thecommon vetch, the cowpea and the soy bean. Thecowpea and the soy bean are in a sense the comple-ments of the field pea and the common vetch, whenconsidered from the standpoint of will be considered separately. THE FIELD PEA. Outside the clover family, the field pea (Pisiimsativum) is probably the most valuable legumethat is now grown on this continent. The esti-mate thus put upon it is based on the highnitrogen content which it contains, upon thehigh relative palatability which it possesses andupon the various combinations in which it maybe grown. Peas in combination with oats isa favorite soiling food with dairymen, whereverthese can be successfully grown together. As a foodplant its value is probably greater when grown alone,but owing to the taailing habit of growth whichcharacterizes the pea, it has been found necessary tosow it along with some other plant when used in 102. es •* o &E 3 £ I04 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. soiling, that the crop may be harvested with greaterease, and that the vahie of the pea vines as stock foodmay not be impaired by their lying on the ground. Whether fed as a soiling food or in the curedform, peas are much relished by all kinds of domesticanimals. In the green form, peas are specially suitedto the needs of animals giving milk. In the curedform they are specifically a food for sheep, and theripened grain is unsurpassed as a food for yield of the mixed crop in the green form Isseldom less than ten tons per acre, and probablyseldom more than twenty tons. Distribution.—The common field pea may begrown in excellent form above the forty-fifth parallelof north latitude and from the Atlantic to the Pacific,except in some limited areas in the dry belt east ofthe Rocky mountains. As a mixed crop
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