. 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. nitrogen added. The cow-pea will grow on poor, rough soil if a decent seedbed is made, and a little food used to start not be discouraged if the first sowing doesnot make much showing. Plow it all in as soon asfrosted, and sowthe land to rye,using I bushelan acre for awinter covercrop, to hold thesoil. In May,when the rye isabout to head,plow it down andma
. 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. nitrogen added. The cow-pea will grow on poor, rough soil if a decent seedbed is made, and a little food used to start not be discouraged if the first sowing doesnot make much showing. Plow it all in as soon asfrosted, and sowthe land to rye,using I bushelan acre for awinter covercrop, to hold thesoil. In May,when the rye isabout to head,plow it down andmake anotherseed bed for thecowpeas. Thesoil becomes in-oculated withbacteria the first crop and now the while a great deal of cowpea hay is .,, 1 cured on racks, the greater part of the cowpea Will ue crop, especially in the South, is cured in ^noKl^r! f^ fnl^^ ^ windrow, or in small shocks weighing eildUiea to taKe from 100 to 300 pounds. A rack such as mnrp nifrno-An ^^ here pictured is very excellent, but it iiiuic iiiLiUj^cu adds much to the cost of curing the hay. from the air. Naturally the soil will be more congenial and thegrowth surprising. As a nitrogen gatherer, a humusmaker, and a consumer of rough plant food, the. 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
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