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The experimental evidence of two years would seem to favor the colored 

 sorts, such as English Grey or Belgian, both as to seed produced per acre 

 and tonnage of forage, though no outstanding variety has as yet been found. 



A rate of seeding test in 1920 favors about two bushels per acre for the 

 medium to small size peas and a somewhat heavier rate for the large size peas. 



Fig. No. 14. Yields of thirty bushels of shelled peas per acre are not uncommon. This is a source of 

 cheap protein feed for the Uvestock men of northern Michigan. 



Field Kesults With Silage Crops. 



The Station each year grows silage for the winter feeding of the dairy cows 

 and sheep. This permits the careful checking up under field conditions of 

 those crops tested in an exiDcrimental way. 



Fig. No. 15. Peas and Oats are a dependable silage crop for northern Michigan. 



PEAS AND OATS. 



Six acres of sod land was plowed late in the spring of 1919 and planted to 

 peas and oats on May 28th, at the rate of one and one-halt bushels of oats 



