. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. COWPEA RACK 146 FARM CROPS cowpea is not excelled if ever equaled by anyother plant. As a Food Plant It is rich, succulent, palatable,with a high per cent of protein. It remains in agood condition longer than most other soiling a silage crop it is also good if mixed with cornor sorghum, but by itself it will not cure very wellin the silo. As a hay crop it
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. COWPEA RACK 146 FARM CROPS cowpea is not excelled if ever equaled by anyother plant. As a Food Plant It is rich, succulent, palatable,with a high per cent of protein. It remains in agood condition longer than most other soiling a silage crop it is also good if mixed with cornor sorghum, but by itself it will not cure very wellin the silo. As a hay crop it is excellent, but hard to cure ingood shape. Itsheavy vines andthick, fleshyleaves dryslowly. If sun-dried and han-dled much, theleaves will belost. The bestmethod to curecowpeas is toallow the vinesto wilt com-pletely, andthen put up innarrow highcocks, allow-ing them toremain thus forabout a week. It is usually cured through and cansafely be stored. Do not make the cocks too highor the hay will mold. The cowpea is a tender bean,and will be killed by a frost the same as a gardenbean, but heat, drouth, insects, fungi, etc., it fearsnot; it will overcome even Aveeds and continue tomake its growth until nipped by COWPEA SHOCK A shock of gi^een cowpea built on thepeavine rack. When shocked in thismanner, the hay is left in the field untilthoroughly cured, when it is eitherstored in the barn or placed in largestacks or racks. COWPEAS 147 The cowpea will respond to good tillage. A well-fined, loose seed bed is the ideal one. Never plantuntil the ground is warm. Sow broadcast or withgrain drill at the rate of one to two bushels to theacre. If sown broadcast the seed bed should be wellprepared. When the seed is sown the land is wellharrowed with a disk or cutaway. If planted indrills make rows about 28 inches apart, and cul-tivate a few times. This not only hastens thegrowth, but increases the yields considerably. Thesaving of seed is also an item in planting in drills,as onl
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