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disc harrow several times over the small growth of cow 

 pea vines, a procedure that in ordinary seasons would 

 not suffice to dispose of a crop of cow peas of the usual 

 luxuriance, but which is sometimes a satisfactory treat- 

 ment of cow pea stubble. On all these plots and nearly all 

 other plots, 2,000 lbs. of slaked lime (equal to about 1,200 

 lbs. of unslaked lime) were harrowed in. Next March 

 certain other plots where the stand had become very thin 

 were plowed and sown in alfalfa. 



The stand of alfalfa on other plots, ( those wiiich 

 eighteen months before had been fertilized with either 

 manure or lime), was thickened by drilling in with a 

 grain drill a small amount of alfalfa seed, mixed with 

 sand to make the distribution more uniform. 



The yields of hay obtained in 1903 on each plot are 

 shown in the following table : 



