-Nvitli Jirowu-eye CrowdtT and DO pounds with Wonder- 

 ful. 



Fentilizci- cxjumIuii'uIs at Aulniru on soil repeatedly 

 fertilized showed very slight o^ains from any fertilizer, 

 hut on poor sandy or loamy soils an api>licatiou of acid 

 phosi)hate, with or without potash, is rec(uiimendeci . 

 In three tests acid i)hosphate proved superior to crude 

 or raw phosphate. 



In (•omi)osition eowpc^a hay resembles wheat bran, 

 and the seed are much riclua- in nitroi>;en, or muscle- 

 forming material, than either wheat bran or corn. By 

 the use of a good quality of peavine hay the usual corn 

 ration of working teams can be greatly reduced. 



As comjiared with the velvet bean as a forage plant, 

 cowpeas have the advantage in convenience of curing 

 and in palatability, but are at a disadvantage on certain 

 soils by reason of the susceptibility of C0T\T)eas to the 

 attacks of the nematode worm and of several fungous 

 diseases. Velvet beans and beggar weed were found to 

 be exempt from injury from nematodes. 



At Auburn the yield of forage has averaged higher 

 from cowpeas than from velvet beans, soy beans or 

 beggar weed. 



There is great need for a suitable grass to grow with 

 cowpeas to aid in retaining the cowpea leaACs during cur- 

 ing and to hasten the curing process. A volunteer 

 growtli of crab grass often serves this purpose. Ger- 

 kian millet has been found fairly satisfactory for sow- 

 ing with the early varieties, but it matures too early 

 for use with medium and late A'arieties. 



Sorghum sown with cowpeas increased the yield of 

 hay, but did not make curing easier. 



The most profitable method of disposing of the growth 

 of cowpeas consists in cutting the vines for hay and 

 using the roots as fertilizer for the next crop. 



