The following is an anal^'sis made at the California Experiment 

 Station with comparative analyses of the flat pea made in England, 

 and of alfalfa. It is the general conclusion that although the 

 amount of crude protein in Hat-pea hay is very high, the plant does 

 not CDmmend itself for forage : 



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NOTES FROM EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The California Experiment Station reports that the flat pea main- 

 tains a heavy growth with very little moisture, keeping green all 

 summer without irrigation. Cattle and horses will eat the hay, but 

 avoid the green vines. Sheep and pigs eat it readily green. Flat 

 peas grow best on upland, sandy soils. 



The North Carolina Station reports that the flat pea requires three 

 or more years to secure a stand and then it is of no practical value 

 for North Carolina. "The flat pea we place next to sachaline as the 

 most loudly trumpeted swindle perpetrated upon the long-suffering 

 public in recent years." 



The Alabama Station reports that flat pea grows 8 to 10 inches 

 high the first year, withstands light frost, continuing to grow 

 throughout the winter. Cows and horses crop the vines, especially 

 before other plants have started. ' It is regarded as good a soil 

 renovator as cowpeas. 



At the Hatch Experiment Station, Massachusetts, the flat pea was 

 cultivated for two years at considerable expense without securing 

 any fodder. 



The Nebraska Station reports that this fodder plant appears to be 

 too tender to stand ordinary treatment and does not reccommend it. 



The Utah Station reports that Latliyrus sijlvestris dried \\\) 

 during the summer of LS!t;>, although it remained green several 

 weeks after the alfalfa plants growing with it were dead. 



The Kansas Station reports that young seedling plants of the flat 

 pea withstood the drought satisfactorily. 



